Photosynthetica 2020, 58(4):951-960 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2020.047

Foliar nitrogen supply enhances the recovery of photosynthetic performance of cold-stressed coffee (Coffea arabica L.) seedlings

R. ACIDRI1, Y. SAWAI2, Y. SUGIMOTO3, D. SASAGAWA1, T. MASUNAGA5, S. YAMAMOTO6, E. NISHIHARA6
1 The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori-shi, Tottori 680-8553, Japan
2 Sawai Coffee Limited, 278-6 Takenouchi danchi, Sakaiminato-shi, Tottori 648-0046, Japan
3 Tottori Institute of Industrial Technology, 2032-3 Nakano-cho, Sakaiminato-shi, Tottori 684-0041, Japan
5 Faculty of Soil Eco-engineering and Plant Nutrition, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsucho, Matsue-shi, Shimane 690-8504, Japan
6 Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori-shi, Tottori 680-8553, Japan

Cold-stressed leaves possess an elevated risk of photodamage due to an inefficient photosynthetic apparatus during winter conditions. Recovery of cold-stressed coffee seedlings treated with different concentrations of nitrogen applied as foliar urea sprays [control (0), 5, 10, 20, and 40 mM], was investigated under optimum growth chamber conditions (25/20°C) for three months. Concentrations of nitrogen and photosynthetic pigments in the leaves increased with increasing concentration of the foliar sprays up to 20 mM. This was accompanied with a recovery of the photosynthetic apparatus and increased net carbon assimilation rate. In addition, 10 and 20 mM-treated plants also had the highest maximal efficiency of PSII compared to their lower or higher nitrogen concentration treated counterparts. Conversely, these plants contained lower concentrations of 5-caffeoylquinic acid, mangiferin, trigonelline, and caffeine than control plants. We concluded therefore that foliar sprays of the appropriate nitrogen concentration were adequate for recuperating the photosynthetic apparatus and improved the photosynthetic performance of the cold-stressed coffee seedlings.

Additional key words: alkaloids; chlorophyll fluorescence; phenolic compounds; photochemical efficiency.

Received: March 16, 2020; Revised: May 24, 2020; Accepted: June 1, 2020; Prepublished online: June 30, 2020; Published: September 4, 2020  Show citation

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ACIDRI, R., SAWAI, Y., SUGIMOTO, Y., SASAGAWA, D., MASUNAGA, T., YAMAMOTO, S., & NISHIHARA, E. (2020). Foliar nitrogen supply enhances the recovery of photosynthetic performance of cold-stressed coffee (Coffea arabica L.) seedlings. Photosynthetica, 58(4), 951-960. doi: 10.32615/ps.2020.047
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