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Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on photosystem II activity of three pistachio rootstocks under salt stress as probed by the OJIP-test

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We applied chlorophyll a fluorescence as a biomarker to assess the growth response and PSII behavior and performance of three pistachio (Pistacia vera) rootstocks to different salt levels after inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Glomus mosseae and compared it with non-mycorrhizal plants (control). Our results confirmed the depressing effect of salt stress on mycorrhization extent and showed that the effect of salinity on colonization rate is completely under the influence of host plant. In this experiment, mycorrhizal symbiosis could enhance plants total dry mass (TDM), electron transfer on the donor and the acceptor side of PSII, decrease the energy dissipation and increase the comprehensive photosynthesis performance under salt stress as well as under normal conditions. We found that both donor and acceptor sides of PSII are the target sides under high salinity in pistachio rootstocks. We also found that performance index is the parameter that better reflects the responses of the studied rootstocks to progressive salt stress. Bane-baqi was less affected by salinity in terms of TDM followed by Sarakhs and Abareqi.

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Abbreviations

ABS/RC:

absorption flux per reaction center (RC)

AMF:

arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

DI0/RC:

dissipation of energy per RC

ET0/RC:

electron transport flux per RC

FC:

field capacity

F 0 :

minimal fluorescence yield in the darkadapted state

F m :

maximal fluorescence yield in the darkadapted state

F v :

variable fluorescence

F v/F m :

maximal quantum yield of PSII photochemistry

+M:

mycorrhizal

-M:

non-mycorrhizal

PEA:

plant efficiency analyzer

φEo :

probability that an absorbed photon will move an electron into electron transport further than Q -A

φPo :

maximum quantum yield of primary photochemistry

Ψ0 :

probability that a trapped exiton moves an electron into the electron transport chain beyond Q -A

PIABS :

performance index

RuBP:

ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate

TDM:

total dry mass

TR0/RC:

trapped energy flux per RC

VJ :

relative variable fluorescence at the J-step

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Shamshiri, M.H., Fattahi, M. Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on photosystem II activity of three pistachio rootstocks under salt stress as probed by the OJIP-test. Russ J Plant Physiol 63, 101–110 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1021443716010155

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