Photosynthetica 2020, 58(SI):194-204 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2019.131

Special issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser – Plant biomass in salt-stressed young maize plants can be modelled with photosynthetic performance

V. GALIĆ1, M. MAZUR1, D. ŠIMIĆ1, Z. ZDUNIĆ1, M. FRANIĆ2
Agricultural Institute Osijek, Department of Maize Breeding and Genetics, Južno predgrađe 17,
1 31000 Osijek, Croatia
2 52440 Poreč, Croatia

Predicting responses to stressful conditions is very important. Chlorophyll a fluorescence (ChlF) can be used to assess effects of various stresses on photosynthetic performance. We tested the responses of five 10-d old maize hybrids to salinity stress by measuring ChlF parameters, fresh (FM) and dry mass (DM). ChlF data were incorporated into a penalized regression model to predict biomass traits. The values of FM and DM significantly decreased under salt stress by 42 and 25%, respectively. Strong responses in ChlF parameters assessing the absorption dissipation and trapping fluxes to NaCl treatment were detected. In penalized regression models, 118 transients showed greater (R2 = 0.663 for FM and R2 = 0.678 for DM), although comparable, predictive abilities as 18 selected JIP-test parameters (R2 = 0.597 for FM and R2 = 0.636 for DM). Genetic assessment of developed models is needed, as they efficiently predict biomass traits and provide physiological context to the obtained predictions.

Additional key words: biomass predictions; NaCl stress; partial least squares regression; performance index; photosystem II.

Received: May 9, 2019; Accepted: September 23, 2019; Prepublished online: November 8, 2019; Published: May 28, 2020  Show citation

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GALIĆ, V., MAZUR, M., ŠIMIĆ, D., ZDUNIĆ, Z., & FRANIĆ, M. (2020). Special issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser – Plant biomass in salt-stressed young maize plants can be modelled with photosynthetic performance. Photosynthetica, 58(SPECIAL ISSUE), 194-204. doi: 10.32615/ps.2019.131
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