DIURNAL PATTERNS OF HEAT TOLERANCE IN RELATION TO CAM
DIURNAL PATTERNS OF HEAT TOLERANCE IN RELATION TO CAM
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DOI:
10.1016/s0044-328x(84)80082-3
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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LOSCH, R
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KAPPEN, L;LOSCH, R
Heat tolerance changed markedly during the course of the day in the CAM [crassolacean acid metabolism] plant Aeonium haworthii and the C3 plant Aichryson laxum, both Sempervivoidea from the island of Tenerife [Canary Islands]. The temperature limits of heat tolerance of Aeonium haworthii varied between 39.degree. and 46.5.degree. C, and of Aichryson laxum between 43.degree. and 46.degree. C. In a 12:12 h photoperiod, 10.degree. C in dark, 25.degree. C in light, the heat tolerance reached a minimum during the dark phase and a maximum in the light phase. This was also the case when the light-dark sequence was inverted. The heat tolerance cycle appears to be induced by photoperiod and temperature, and maximum levels related to temperature. The diurnal course of heat tolerance is almost the exact inverse of tissue acid accumulation and it appears that high acidity levels may negatively affect heat tolerance. Further investigations into the physiology of the actions of the acidity could provide new insight into the mechanism of heat tolerance.