BIOCHEMICAL-CHANGES THAT OCCUR DURING SENESCENCE OF WHEAT LEAVES .1. BASIS FOR THE REDUCTION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
BIOCHEMICAL-CHANGES THAT OCCUR DURING SENESCENCE OF WHEAT LEAVES .1. BASIS FOR THE REDUCTION OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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DOI:
10.1104/pp.70.6.1641
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
MORELAND, DE
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作者:
CAMP, PJ;HUBER, SC;MORELAND, DE
Changes in activities of photosynthetic enzymes and photochemical processes were followed with aging of vegetative and flag leaves of wheat (T. aestivum L. cv. Roy). Activities of stromal enzymes began to decline prior to photochemical activities. In general, total soluble protein and the activities of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase and NADP-triose-phosphate dehydrogenase declined in parallel and at an earlier age than leaf chlorophyll (Chl), leaf photosynthesis and photosynthetic electron transport activity. Leaves appeared to lose whole chloroplasts as opposed to a general degradation of all chloroplasts based on 3 lines of evidence. Electron transport activity calculated on an area basis declined much earlier than the same data expressed on a Chl basis. Chl content per chloroplast was similar for mature and senescent tissue and the absorbance at 550 nm (light scattering)/unit of Chl remained essentially constant until the end of senescence. Chloroplasts did, however, undergo some modifications before they were lost (e.g., loss of stromal enzyme activites), but the reduction in leaf photosynthesis was apparently caused by a loss of whole chloroplasts.