The effect of nitrogen deficiency on leaf gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in sunflower
The effect of nitrogen deficiency on leaf gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in sunflower
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DOI:
10.1016/0168-9452(96)04442-1
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发表时间:
1996-08-16
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影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Soldatini, GF
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作者:
Ciompi, S;Gentili, E;Soldatini, GF
Fully expanded leaves of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) growing with either complete or nitrogen-deficient nutrition solution were analysed for gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence after 24 days from the transplanting. Under N-stress the decline in photosynthesis and the rise in stomatal conductance determined at light saturation level were accompanied by an increase of the intercellular CO2 concentration (about +60%). This indicates that the decline in A(max) (photosynthetic activity at light saturation level) was due to limitation related to a reduced mesophyllic activity, rather than to stomatal limitation. At low light intensity photosynthetic efficiency of PSII was not affected. In N-stressed plants starch content decreased significantly in leaves. The sucrose/starch ratio rose in N-stressed plants, indicating that the carbon partitioning trend had shifted towards sucrose. This result is in accordance with the lower shoot/root ratio observed in nitrogen-stressed plants.