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Comparative Study on the Changes in Photosynthetic Activity of the Homoiochlorophyllous Desiccation-Tolerant Haberlea Rhodopensis and Desiccation-Sensitive Spinach Leaves During Desiccation and Rehydration

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The functional peculiarities and responses of the photosynthetic system in the flowering homoiochlorophyllous desiccation-tolerant (HDT) Haberlea rhodopensis and the non-desiccation-tolerant spinach were compared during desiccation and rehydration. Increasing rate of water loss clearly modifies the kinetic parameters of fluorescence induction, thermoluminescence emission, far-red induced P700 oxidation and oxygen evolution in the leaves of both species. The values of these parameters returned nearly to the control level after 24 h rehydration only of the leaves of HDT plant. PS II was converted in a non-functional state in desiccated spinach in accordance with the changes in membrane permeability, malondialdehyde, proline and H2O2 contents. Moreover, our data showed a strong reduction of the total number of PS II centers in Haberlea without any changes in the energetics of the charge recombination. We consider this observation, together with the previously reported unusually high temperature of B-band (S2QB-) emission of Haberlea to reflect some specific adaptive characteristics of the photosynthetic system. As far as we know this is the first time when such adaptive characteristics and mechanism of the photosynthetic system of a flowering HDT higher plant is described. These features of Haberlea can explain the fast recovery of its photosynthesis after desiccation, which enable this HDT plant to rapidly take advantage of frequent changes in water availability.

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Abbreviations

Chl:

chlorophyll

DT plants:

desiccation tolerant plants

HDT plants:

homoiochlorophyllous desiccation tolerant plants

F0, Fm:

minimum and maximum dark adapted fluorescence yield, respectively

F′ m :

maximum light adapted fluorescence yield

Fv/Fm:

quantum yield of Photosystem II photochemistry in the dark adapted state

F′v/F′m:

efficiency of excitation capture by open Photosystem II reaction centers

FR light:

far-red light

FW:

fresh weight

MDA:

malondialdehyde

PDT plants:

poikilochlorophyllous desiccation tolerant plants

qP:

photochemical quenching

ΦPS II:

quantum yield of Photosystem II photochemistry in the light adapted state

PSI:

Photosystem I

PS II:

Photosystem II

Rfd:

fluorescence decrease ratio

RH:

relative humidity

RWC:

relative water content

TL:

thermoluminescence

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  1. Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 21, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Katya Georgieva, Liliana Maslenkova, Violeta Peeva & Detelin Stefanov

  2. Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd, 1164, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Yuliana Markovska

  3. Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Szent István University, Gödöllö, 2103, Gödöllö, Hungary

    Zoltan Tuba

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Georgieva, K., Maslenkova, L., Peeva, V. et al. Comparative Study on the Changes in Photosynthetic Activity of the Homoiochlorophyllous Desiccation-Tolerant Haberlea Rhodopensis and Desiccation-Sensitive Spinach Leaves During Desiccation and Rehydration. Photosynth Res 85, 191–203 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-005-2440-0

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