ISSN:
1399-3054
Quelle:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Thema:
Biologie
Notizen:
The relationship between susceptibility to photoinhibition, zeaxanthin formation and chlorophyll fluorescence quenching at suboptimal temperatures was studied in chilling-sensitive maize and in non-acclimated and cold-acclimated Oxyria digyna, a chilling-tolerant plant of arctic and alpine habitats. In maize, zeaxanthin formation was strongly suppressed by chilling. Zeaxanthin formed during preillumination at 20°C did not protect maize leaves from photoinhibition during a subsequent high-light, low-temperature treatment, as judged from the ratios of variable to maximal fluorescence, Fv/Fm. However, such preillumination significantly increased non-photochemical quenching (qN) at low temperatures, mainly due to an enhancement of the fast-relaxing qN component (i.e., of energy-dependent quenching. qE). In O. digyna, cold-acclimation resulted in an increased zeaxanthin formation in the temperature range of 2.5–20°C. Cold-acclimation substantially decreased the susceptibility towards photoinhibition at 4°C, but qN remained nearly unchanged between 2 and 38°C, as compared to control plants. Effects of cold acclimation on photosynthesis, photochemical quenching and quantum efficiency of photosystem II were small and indicated a slight amelioration only of the function of the photosynthetic apparatus at suboptimal temperatures (2–20°Ct. I) is concluded, that the xanthophyll cycle is strongly influenced by cold acclimation, while effects on the photosynthetic carbon assimilation only play a minor role in O. digyna.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.1994.tb03026.x
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