Photosynthetica 2008, 46(3):356 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-008-0065-1

Effects of root temperature on leaf gas exchange and xylem sap abscisic acid concentrations in six Cucurbitaceae species

Y. P. Zhang1, Y. X. Qiao2, Y. L. Zhang1, Y. H. Zhou1,*, J. Q. Yu1,3
1 Department of Horticulture, Huajiachi Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
2 Department of Life Science, Tangshan Normal College, Tangshan, P.R. China
3 Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plants Growth, Development and Biotechnology, Agricultural Ministry of China, Hangzhou, P.R. China

Roots of six Cucurbitaceae species were exposed to low (14 °C), middle (24 °C), and high (34 °C) temperatures while aerial parts of plants were maintained at ambient temperatures between 23 and 33 °C. The highest dry mass (DM), photon-saturated rate of net photosynthesis (P Nsat), and stomatal conductance (g s) were found at 14 °C in figleaf gourd and turban squash plants, at 24 °C in cucumber and melon plants, while bitter melon and wax gourd plants had lower DM, P Nsat, and g s at 14 °C than at 24 or 34 °C. Sub-or supra-optimum root temperatures did not induce photoinhibition but induced slight changes in the quantum efficiency of photosystem 2, PS2 (ΦPS2) and photochemical quenching (qp). Meanwhile, xylem sap abscisic acid (ABA) concentration followed a contrasting change pattern to that of g s. Thus the change in P Nsat was mainly due to the change in g s and roots played an important role in the regulation of stomatal behaviour by delivering increased amount of ABA to shoots at sub-or supra-optimum root temperatures.

Additional key words: adaptation; CO2 assimilation; photosystem 2 photochemistry; photosynthesis; stomatal behaviour

Received: April 10, 2007; Accepted: February 25, 2008; Published: September 1, 2008  Show citation

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Zhang, Y.P., Qiao, Y.X., Zhang, Y.L., Zhou, Y.H., & Yu, J.Q. (2008). Effects of root temperature on leaf gas exchange and xylem sap abscisic acid concentrations in six Cucurbitaceae species. Photosynthetica, 46(3), 356. doi: 10.1007/s11099-008-0065-1
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