Photosynthetica, 2020 (vol. 58), 1

Photosynthetica 2020, 58(1):19-28 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2019.134

Leaf photosynthetic light response of summer maize: comparison of models and analysis of parameters

T.T. ZHU1,2, J. LI1, Y.Y. LIU1,2, X.J. TONG3, Q. YU1,5,6
1 Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
2 College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China
3 College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, 100083 Beijing, China
5 State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, 712100 Yangling, Shanxi, China
6 School of Life Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, 2007 NSW, Australia

An experiment was performed in order to study the applicability of light-response models for summer maize (Zea mays L.) by using rectangular hyperbola model, nonrectangular hyperbola model, exponential model, binomial regression model, and modified rectangular hyperbola model (Ye model), respectively. Our results showed that the fitted effect of Ye model was best and photosynthetic parameters were closest to the observation. The photoinhibition coefficient was significantly negatively correlated with the light-saturation point (Is), the light-saturation coefficient (γ), and maximum net photosynthetic rate at light-saturation point (PNmax), respectively. PNmax and Is, apparent quantum yield, and γ performed significantly positive relationship, respectively. When the soil volumetric water content varied from 13 to 21%, PNmax had significant positive correlation with the soil water content and stomatal conductance. Under water and temperature stress, the net photosynthetic rate decreased and photoinhibition occurred, which could be well simulated by the Ye model. It seems that Ye model would have more applications, especially for the regions with strong solar radiation.

Keywords: biophysical factors; model application; North China Plain; photosynthetic light-response curves.

Received: February 25, 2019; Accepted: October 2, 2019; Prepublished online: November 14, 2019; Published: March 10, 2020Show citation

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ZHU, T.T., LI, J., LIU, Y.Y., TONG, X.J., & YU, Q. (2020). Leaf photosynthetic light response of summer maize: comparison of models and analysis of parameters. Photosynthetica, 58(1), 19-28. doi: 10.32615/ps.2019.134.
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