Photosynthetica, 2020 (vol. 58), SPECIAL ISSUE

Photosynthetica 2020, 58(2):549-559 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2020.011

Special issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser – Origin rather than mild drought stress influenced chlorophyll a fluorescence in contrasting silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) provenances

A. KONÔPKOVÁ1, H. HÚDOKOVÁ2,3, M. JEŽÍK2, D. KURJAK1, G. JAMNICKÁ2, Ľ. DITMAROVÁ2, D. GÖMÖRY1, R. LONGAUER5,6, R. TOGNETTI7, E. PŠIDOVÁ2
1 Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 24, 960 01 Zvolen, Slovakia
2 Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Ľ. Štúra 2, 960 01 Zvolen, Slovakia
3 Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Science, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 24, 960 01 Zvolen, Slovakia
5 National Forestry Centre, T. G. Masaryka 22, 960 01 Zvolen, Slovakia
6 Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Zemědělská 3, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
7 University of Molise, Via De Francesco Sanctis, I-861 00 Campobasso, Italy

The performance of PSII photochemistry in five Central European provenances of silver fir differing in the altitude of origin (250-1,300 m a.s.l.) were studied using the chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters derived from the JIP-test. Measurements were performed on two dates in 2016: at the start and at the peak of growing season. Within this period, mild water stress was recorded, allowing us to monitor changes in photochemistry under drought conditions. Our results confirmed that silver fir is generally resistant to water deficit at the PSII level. However, the differences in photochemistry between provenances originating from different climatic conditions were observed. The high-altitude provenances (from wetter and colder localities) achieved higher PSII efficiency, which was also supported by clear trends along the climatic and geographic gradients of the provenance origins. After the drought, comparable PSII efficiency for low-altitude provenances and even higher for these originating in higher altitudes was observed.

Keywords: altitudinal gradient; climatic gradient; photochemical performance.

Received: August 28, 2019; Revised: January 10, 2020; Accepted: January 22, 2020; Prepublished online: March 22, 2020; Published: April 7, 2020Show citation

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KONÔPKOVÁ, A., HÚDOKOVÁ, H., JEŽÍK, M., KURJAK, D., JAMNICKÁ, G., DITMAROVÁ, Ľ., ... PŠIDOVÁ, E. (2020). Special issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser – Origin rather than mild drought stress influenced chlorophyll a fluorescence in contrasting silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) provenances. Photosynthetica, 58(SPECIAL ISSUE), 549-559. doi: 10.32615/ps.2020.011.
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