Photosynthetica 2018, 56(4):1113-1122 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-018-0820-x

Effect of light quality on leaf photosynthetic characteristics and fruit quality of peach (Prunus persica L. Batch)

B.-B. Zhang1, J.-L. Xu1, M. Zhou1, D.-H. Yan2, R.-J. Ma1,*
1 Institute of Pomology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
2 Fenghuang Agricultural Science and Technology Company, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Different light filters affect leaf photosynthetic features and fruit quality. Consequently, selecting the appropriate covering filter for rain-shelter cultivation of peaches is a key part of successful production. We used a late-maturing peach variety 'Xiahui 8' to study differences in leaf photosynthetic features, chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics, and fruit quality under neutral, red, yellow, green, and blue filter, with natural light as control. The results showed that the leaf photosynthetic ability and internal quality under the neutral filter treatment were elevated compared with the control, and the appearance color was the same as the control. Leaves under neutral filter could maintain higher photosynthetic ability than other filter treatments. In addition, the fruits could also keep higher quality when treated with neutral filter. Therefore, the application of neutral filter in rain-shelter cultivation of 'Xinhui 8' peaches is recommended for maintaining high photosynthetic capacity and for improving fruit quality.

Additional key words: appearance; internal quality; irradiance spectrum

Received: February 8, 2017; Accepted: July 26, 2017; Prepublished online: December 1, 2018; Published: November 1, 2018  Show citation

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Zhang, B.-B., Xu, J.-L., Zhou, M., Yan, D.-H., & Ma, R.-J. (2018). Effect of light quality on leaf photosynthetic characteristics and fruit quality of peach (Prunus persica L. Batch). Photosynthetica, 56(4), 1113-1122. doi: 10.1007/s11099-018-0820-x
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