Effects of rapidly imposed water deficit on photosynthetic parameters of three C4 grasses

Photosynthetica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 304-308

  Soares Cordeiro, A S ^a   Carmo Silva, A E ^a,b   da Silva, A Bernardes ^a   da Silva, J Marques ^a   Keys, A J ^b   Arrabaca M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Drought stress; NAD malic enzyme; NADP malic enzyme; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase; Photosynthetic capacity; Rubisco

Indexed keywords

CYNODON DACTYLON; PASPALUM; PASPALUM DILATATUM; POACEAE; ZOYSIA JAPONICA;

EID: 70349622463     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-009-0047-y     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Ashton, A.R., Burnell, J.N., Furbank, R.T., Jenkins, C.L.D., Hatch, M.D.: Enzymes of C4 photosynthesis.-In: Lea, P.J. (ed.): Methods in Plant Biochemistry. Enzymes of Primary Metabolism. Vol. 3. Pp. 39-72. Academic Press, London 1990.
2. Bakrim, N., Echevarria, C., Cretin, C., Arrio-Dupont, M., Pierre, J.N. Vidal, J., Chollet, R., Gadal, P.: Regulatory phosphorylation of sorghum leaf phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. Identification of the protein-serine kinase and some elements of the signal-transduction cascade.-Eur. J. Biochem. 204: 821-830, 1992.
3. Carmo-Silva, A.E., Soares, A.S., Marques da Silva, J., Bernardes da Silva, A., Keys, AJ., Arrabaça, M.C.: Photosynthetic responses of three C4 grasses of different metabolic subtypes to water deficit.-Funct. Plant Biol. 34: 204-213, 2007.
4. Castrillo, M., Fernandez, D., Calcagno, A.M., Trujillo, I., Guenni, L.: Responses of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase, protein content, and stomatal conductance to water deficit in maize, tomato, and bean.-Photosynthetica 39: 221-226, 2001.
5. Čatský, J.: Determination of water deficit in discs cut out from leaf blades.-Biol. Plant. 2: 76-77, 1960.
6. Du, Y.C., Kawamitsu, Y., Nose, A., Hiyane, S., Murayama, S., Wasano, K., Uchida, Y.: Effects of water stress on carbon exchange rate and activities of photosynthetic enzymes in leaves of sugarcane (Saccharum sp.).-Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 23: 719-726, 1996.
7. Foyer, C.H., Valadier, M.-H., Migge, A., Becker, T.W.: Drought-induced effects on nitrate reductase activity and mRNA and on the coordination of nitrogen and carbon metabolism in maize leaves.-Plant Physiol. 117: 283-292, 1998.
8. Ghannoum, O.: C4 photosynthesis and water stress.-Ann. Bot. 103: 635-644, 2009.
9. Ghannoum, O., Conroy, J.P., Driscoll, S.P., Paul, M.J., Foyer, C.H., Lawlor, D.W.: Nonstomatal limitations are responsible for drought-induced photosynthetic inhibition in four C4 grasses.-New Phytol. 159: 599-608, 2003.
10. Heckathorn, S.A., DeLucia, E.H., Zielinski, R.E.: The contribution of drought-related decreases in foliar nitrogen concentration to decreases in photosynthetic capacity during and after drought in prairie grasses.-Physiol. Plant. 101: 173-182, 1997.
11. Lal, A., Edwards, E.: Analysis of inhibition of photosynthesis under water stress in the C4 species Amaranthus cruentus and Zea mays: electron transport, CO2 fixation and carboxylation capacity.-Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 23: 403-412, 1996.
12. Lan, Y., Woodrow, I.E., Mott, K.A: Light dependent changes in ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase activase activity in leaves.-Plant Physiol. 99: 304-309, 1992.
13. Long, S.P.: Environmental Responses.-In: Sage, R.F., Monson, R.K. (ed.): C4 Plant Biology. Pp. 215-249. Academic Press, New York 1999.
14. Loreto, F., Tricoli, D., Di Marco, G.: On the relationship between electron transport rate and photosynthesis in leaves of the C4 plant Sorghum bicolor exposed to water stress, temperature changes and carbon metabolism inhibition.-Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 22: 885-892, 1995.
15. Marques da Silva, J., Arrabaça, M.C.: Photosynthesis in the water-stressed C4 grass Setaria sphacelata is mainly limited by stomata with both rapidly and slowly imposed water deficits.-Physiol. Plant. 121: 409-420, 2004a.
16. Marques da Silva, J., Arrabaça, M.C.: Photosynthetic enzymes of the C4 grass Setaria sphacelata under water stress: a comparison between rapidly and slowly imposed water deficit.-Photosynthetica 42: 43-47, 2004b.
17. Parry, M.A.J., Andralojc, P.J., Khan, S., Lea, P.J., Keys, A.J.: Rubisco activity: Effects of drought stress.-Ann. Bot. 89: 833-839, 2002.
18. Parry, M.A.J., Andralojc, P.J., Parmar, S., Keys, A.J., Habash, D., Paul, M.J., Alred, R., Quick, W.P., Servaites, J.C.: Regulation of Rubisco by inhibitors in the light.-Plant Cell Environ. 20: 528-534, 1997.
19. Parry, M.A.J., Delgado, E., Vadell, J., Keys, A.J., Lawlor, D.W., Medrano, H.: Water stress and the diurnal activity of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in field grown Nicotiana tabacum genotypes selected for survival at low CO2 concentrations.-Plant Physiol. Biochem. 31: 113-120, 1993.
20. Saccardy, K., Cornic, G., Brulfert, J., Reyss, A.: Effect of drought stress on net CO2 uptake by Zea leaves.-Planta 199: 589-595, 1996.
21. Walker, R.P., Chen, Z.-H., Acheson, R.M., Leegood, R.C.: Effects of phosphorylation on phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase from the C4 plant guinea grass.-Plant Physiol. 128: 165-172, 2002.