biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 55:90-98, 2011 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-011-0012-z

Variability of photosynthetic capacity and water relations of Pinus sylvestris L. in the field

U. Lüttge1,*, P. Escher2, R. Paluch3, H. Pfanz4, C. Wittmann4, H. Rennenberg2, K. Rakowski5
1 Institute of Botany, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany
2 Institute of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
3 Department of Natural Forest, Forest Research Institute, Bia³owie¿a, Poland
4 Institute of Applied Botany, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
5 Forest Research Institute, Raszyn, Poland

Measurements of dependence of photosynthetic electron transport on irradiance and analyses of stable isotope ratios (δ18O, δ13C, δ15N) were performed on 4 to 6-year-old pine trees (Pinus sylvestris L.) in the primeval forest reserve of Bia³owie¿a and on 21-year-old pine trees of a plantation of different provenances at the Sêkocin Forest Station near Warsaw, Poland. Small differences in maximum photosynthetic electron transport rates, ETRmax were related to growth. Stable isotope analyses suggest that water relations play an important role for the performance of P. sylvestris at the sites studied. The intraspecific comparisons showed a very high variability of photosynthetic capacity between needles of given trees and between individual trees under similar conditions. Differences between specific provenances were also observed. This is relevant for ecological niche occupation in a wide geographical growth range, where P. sylvestris is actually occurring. The high physiological plasticity demonstrated reveals a conspicuous trait of this tree species.

Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence; quantum use efficiency; stable isotopes

Received: April 19, 2009; Accepted: December 17, 2009; Published: March 1, 2011  Show citation

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Lüttge, U., Escher, P., Paluch, R., Pfanz, H., Wittmann, C., Rennenberg, H., & Rakowski, K. (2011). Variability of photosynthetic capacity and water relations of Pinus sylvestris L. in the field. Biologia plantarum, 55(1), 90-98. doi: 10.1007/s10535-011-0012-z
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