Seasonal changes in chlorophyll fluorescence of white spruce seedlings from different latitudes in relation to gas exchange and winter storability

New Forests

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-232

  Binder, Wolfgang D ^a   Fielder, Peter ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Field growth performance; Frost hardiness; RGP; Variable chlorophyll fluorescence

Indexed keywords

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0030045133     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Baillon, F., Dalschaert, S., Grassi, S., and Geiss, F. 1988. Spruce photosynthesis: Possibility of early damage diagnosis due to exposure to magnesium or potassium deficiency. Trees 2: 173-179.
2. Binder, W. D., Scagel, R. K., and Krumlik, G. J. 1988. Root growth potential: Facts, myths, value?, pp. 111-118. In: Proceedings, Combined Meetings of the Western Forest Nursery Associations: Vernon, British Columbia, 1988. USDA For Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM 167 Fort Collins, CO.
3. Binder, W. D., and Fielder, P. 1991. A preconditioning light box for variable chlorophyll fluorescence measurement: It's requirement and construction. Project 2.19. Seed and Stock Quality. British Columbia FRDA Research Memo No. 151.
4. Binder, W. D., and Fielder, P. 1995. Heat damage in boxed white spruce (Picea glauca [Moench.] Voss) seedlings: Its pre-planting detection and effect on field performance. New Forests. 9: 237-259.
5. Binder, W. D., and Fielder, P. 1996. Chlorophyll fluorescence as an indicator of frost hardiness in white spruce seedlings from different latitudes. New Forests (in Press).
6. Bolhar-Nordenkamph, H. R., and Lechner, E. G. 1988. Temperature and light dependent modifications of chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics in spruce needles during winter. Photosynthetic Research 18: 287-298.
7. Burdett, A. N. 1979. New methods for measuring root growth capacity: their value in assessing lodgepole pine stock quality. Can. J. For. Res. 9: 63-67.
8. 2. Plant. Physiol. 81: 423-429.
9. Dannehl, H., Herbik, A., and Godde, D. 1995. Stress-induced degradation of the photosynthetic apparatus is accompanied by changes in thylakoid protein turn-over and phosphorylation. Physiol. Plant. 93: 179-186.
10. Dubé, S., and Vidaver, W. E. 1990. An integrating fluorometer data acquisition system. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 28: 539-546.
11. Dubé, S., Binder, W. D., Lister, G. R., Vidaver, W. E. and Brooke, R. C. 1986. Chlorophyll fluorescence induction analysis as an indicator of quality of conifer nursery stock. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists, 26th Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
12. Epron, D., and Dreyer, E. 1992. Effects of severe dehydration on leaf photosynthesis in Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.: Photosystem II efficiency photochemical and non-photochemical fluorescence quenching and electrolyte leakage. Tree Physiol. 10: 273-284.
13. Falls, R. W., Toivonen, P., and Taylor, I. E. P. 1991. Chlorophyll a fluorescence and pre-season seedling directions as indicators of wood formation rates in white spruce (Picea glauca). Can. J. For. Res. 21: 1106-1110.
14. Fuchigami, L. H., Weiser, C. J., Kogayashi, K., Timmis, R., and Gusta, L. V. 1982. A degree growth stage (°GS) model and cold acclimation in temperate woody plants. In: Li, P., Sakai, A. (Eds) Plant Cold Hardiness and Freezing Stress, Vol. 2, Academic Press, Orlando, FL, pp 93.
15. Gillies, S. L., and Vidaver, W. E. 1990. Mini review: Resistance to photodamage in evergreen conifers. Physiol. Plant. 80: 148-153.
16. Gillies, S. L. 1993. A physiological study of fall dormancy and spring reactivation in white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco). Ph.D. Thesis. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.
17. Grossnickle, S. C., Major, J. E., Arnott, J. T., and Lemay, V. M. 1991. Stock quality assessment through an integrated approach. New Forests 5: 77-91.
18. Hawkins, C. D. B., and Binder, W. D. 1990. Chapter 8: State of the art seedling stock quality tests based on seedling physiology, pp. 91-121. In: Target Seedling Symposium: Proceedings, Combined Meeting of the Western Forest Nursery Associations. August 13-17, 1990. Roseburg, Oregon. USDA, For. Ser. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-200.
19. Hawkins, C. D. B., and Lister, G. R. 1985. In vivo chlorophyll fluorescence as a possible indicator of the dormancy stage in Douglas-fir seedlings. Can. J. For. Res. 15: 607-612.
20. Hipkins, M. F., and Baker, N. R. 1986. Spectroscopy. Chap. 4., pp. 51-100. In: Hipkins, M. F. and Baker N. R. (Eds) Photosynthetic energy transduction: a practical approach. IRL Press Oxford.
21. Hobbs, S. D. 1984. The influence of species and stocktype selection on stand establishment: an ecophysiological perspective. In: Duryea, M. L. and Brown G. N. (Eds) Seedling physiology and reforestation success. Martinus Nijhoff/Dr. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
22. Holbo, H. R., Askren, C. A., and Hermann, R. C. 1981. Does the oscilloscope technique reveal the dormancy status of Douglas-fir and Ponderose pine? For. Sci. 27: 405-412.
23. Krause, G. H. and Weis, E. 1984. Chlorophyll fluorescence as a tool in plant physiology. Interpretation of fluorescence signals. Photosynth. Res. 5: 139-157.
24. Lichenthaler, H. K. (Ed) 1988. Applications of chlorophyll fluorescence in photosynthesis research, stress physiology, hydrobiology and remote sensing. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht. 366 pp.
25. Lichenthaler, H. K. and Rinderle, U. 1988. The role of chlorophyll fluorescence in the detection of stress conditions in plants. Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry. 19 Suppl 1: 529-585.
26. Mohammed, G. H., Binder, W. D., and Gillies, S. L. 1995. Chlorophyll fluorescence: A review of its practical forestry applications and instrumentation. Scan. J For. Res. 10: 383-410.
27. Navratil, S., Brace, L. G., and Edwards, I. K. 1986. Planting stock quality monitoring. Infor. Rep. Nor-X-279. Northern Forestry Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, p. 21.
28. Öquist, G., Brunes, L., Hällgren, J.-E., Gezelius, K., Halle'n, M., and Malmberg, G. 1980. Effects of artificial frost hardening and winter stress net photosynthesis, photosynthetic electron transport and RuBP carboxylase activity in seedlings of Pinus silvestris. Physiol. plant. 48: 526-531.
29. Öquist, G. 1983. Effect of low temperature on photosynthesis. Plant, Cell Environment. 6: 281-300.
30. Öquist, G., Chow, W. S., and Anderson, J. M. 1992. Photoinhibition of photosynthesis represents a mechanism for the long-term regulation of photosystem II. Planta 186: 450-460.
31. Parker, J., and Philpott, D. E. 1961. An electron microscopic study of chloroplast condition in summer and winter in Pinus strobus. Protoplasma 53: 575-583.
32. Parker, J., and Philpott. D. E. 1963. Seasonal continuity of chloroplasts in white pine and rhododendron. Protoplasma 56: 355-361.
33. Puttonen, P. 1989. Criteria for using seedling performance tests. New Forests 3: 67-87.
34. Rose, R., Campbell, S. J., and Landis, T. D. (Eds) 1990. Target seedling symposium: Proceedings, combined meeting of the western forest nursery associations. USDA For. Ser. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-200, Fort Collins, CO. 286 pp.
35. SAS Institute Inc. 1988. SAS/Stat user's guide: Release 6.03. Cary, NC, USA.
36. Senser, M., Schötz, F., and Beck, E. 1975. Seasonal changes in structure and function of spruce chloroplasts. Planta 126: 1-10.
37. Senser, M., Dittrich, P., Kandler, O., Thanbichler, A., and Kuhn, B. 1971. Isotopenstudien über den Einfluss der Jahreszeit auf dem Oligosacehardumsatz bei Conifre. Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 84: 445-455.
38. Sicher, R. C., Sundblad, L. G., and Öquist, G. 1988. Effects of low temperature acclimation upon photosynthetic induction in barley primary leaves. Physiol. Plant. 73: 206-210.
39. Simpson, D. G., Vyse, A., and Thompson, C. F. 1988. Root growth capacity effects on field performance, pp. 119-121. In: Proceedings, Combined Meetings of the Western Forest Nursery Associations: Vernon, British Columbia, 1988. USDA For Gen. Tech. Rep. RM 167 Fort Collins, CO.
40. Simpson, D. G. 1989. Frost Hardiness, root growth capacity, and field performance relationships in interior spruce, lodgepole pine, Douglas-fir, and western hemlock seedlings. Can. J. For. Res. 20: 566-572.