Biomass accumulation and partitioning, photosynthesis, and photosynthetic induction in field-grown maize (Zea mays L.) under low- and high-nitrogen conditions

• Autorzy: Chen J-W , Yang Z.-Q. , Zhou P. , Hai M.-R. , Tang T.-X. , Liang Y.-L. , An T.-X.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The objectives of this comparative study were to investigate the responses of biomass accumulation and partitioning to nitrogen supply and to examine the effect of low-nitrogen supply on the photosynthetic responses of maize leaves to steady-state and dynamic light. While the difference in leaf number and stem diameter was not statistically significant, there was a significant difference in plant height between the low-nitrogen and high-nitrogen maize plants. During grain-filling period, the ear leaf of the low-nitrogen maize plants possessed lower values of maximum photosynthetic rate, maximum stomatal conductance, maximum transpiration rate, apparent quantum yield, light compensate point, and carboxylation efficiency than did that of the high-nitrogen maize plants. Contrarily, lower values of intercellular CO2 concentration and dark respiration rate were observed in the high-nitrogen maize plants. In addition, a slower response to simulated sunflecks was found in the ear leaf of the low-nitrogen maize plants; however, stomatal limitations did not operate in the ear leaf of the high-nitrogen or low-nitrogen maize plants during the photosynthetic induction. As compared to the high-nitrogen maize plants, the low-nitrogen maize plants accumulated much less plant biomass but allocated a greater proportion of biomass to belowground parts. In conclusion, our results suggested that steady-state photosynthetic capacity is restricted by both biochemical and stomatal limitation and the photosynthetic induction is constrained by biochemical limitation alone in low-nitrogen maize plants, and that maize crops respond to lownitrogen supply in a manner by which more biomass was allocated preferentially to root tissues.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Physiologiae Plantarum
• Rocznik: 2013
• Tom: 35
• Numer: 01
• Opis fizyczny: p.95-105,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

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Chen J-W

• Department of Crop Science, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China

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Yang Z.-Q.

• Department of Crop Science, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China

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Zhou P.

• Department of Crop Science, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China

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Hai M.-R.

• Department of Crop Science, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China

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Tang T.-X.

• Department of Crop Science, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China

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Liang Y.-L.

• Department of Biotechnology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China

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An T.-X.

• Department of Crop Science, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China

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