Photosynthetica, 2015 (vol. 53), issue 2

Photosynthetica 2015, 53(2):187-194 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-015-0101-x

Photosynthetic response of beech seedlings of different origin to water deficit

E. Pšidová1,*, Ľ. Ditmarová1, G. Jamnická1, D. Kurjak2,3, J. Majerová1, T. Czajkowski4, A. Bolte4
1 Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Zvolen, Slovak Republic
2 Faculty of Forestry, Technical University Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovak Republic
3 Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
4 Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems, Eberswalde, Germany

European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seedlings of three different origins were used to evaluate the effect of water deficit and recovery during the most vulnerable phase of forest tree life. Gas-exchange characteristics and fluorescence rapid light curves were studied in the seedlings from a warm region (PV1, 530 m a.s.l.), seedlings from a moderately warm region (PV2, 625 m a.s.l.), optimal for beech, and in seedlings from a cool region (PV3; 1,250 m a.s.l.). Changes in photosynthetic characteristics caused by water deficit were similar, but their intensity was dependent on the origin of the seedlings. Simulation of drought conditions by the interruption of watering led to a decrease in the efficiency of primary photochemistry in PSII, with the most significant decrease in the PV2 seedlings. Conversely, water deficit affected most significantly gas exchange in PV3, where the recovery process was also the worst. The PV1 demonstrated the highest resistance to water deficit. Drought-adaptation of beech seedlings at non-native sites seems to be linked to water availability and to the origin of the beech seedlings.

Keywords: chlorophyll a fluorescence; leaf water potential; net photosynthetic rate; photosynthesis; stomatal conductance; water-use efficiency, provenances, Fagus sylvatica

Received: April 7, 2014; Accepted: October 15, 2014; Published: June 1, 2015Show citation

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Pšidová, E., Ditmarová, Ľ., Jamnická, G., Kurjak, D., Majerová, J., Czajkowski, T., & Bolte, A. (2015). Photosynthetic response of beech seedlings of different origin to water deficit. Photosynthetica, 53(2), 187-194. doi: 10.1007/s11099-015-0101-x.
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