Photosynthetica 2003, 41(1):111-116 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1025824916389

Comparison of Photosynthetic Traits Between Two Typical Shrubs: Legume and Non-Legume in Hunshandak Sandland

S.L. Niu1, G.M. Jiang1, Y.G. Li1, L.M. Gao1, M.Z. Liu1, Y. Peng1, L. Ding1
1 Laboratory of Quantitative Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China

In Huanshandak Sandland, China, net photosynthetic rate (PN), transpiration rate (E), stomatal conductance (gs), intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci), water use efficiency (WUE), photochemical efficiency of photosystem 2 (Fv/Fm), and leaf nitrogen content were compared for Hedysarum fruticosum var. mongolicum (H.f.m.), a nitrogen fixing shrub, and Salix gordejevii (S.g.), a nitrogen non-fixing shrub. PN, E, and gs of the two shrubs were similar in trends, i.e. two peaks were observed in diurnal courses. However, except Ci, other parameters of H.f.m. were higher during the measured days than those of S.g. The midday depression of PN was mainly due to decrease in stomata conductance and to reduction of Fv/Fm at midday. The higher PN of H.f.m. was consistent with the higher leaf N content and there was a positive relation between them. In addition, several C4 traits were found in H.f.m., i.e. high saturation irradiance and WUE, low dark respiration rate, and Ci, which partly resulted in higher PN. This seems to indicate that the C3 plant H.f.m. may have C4 photosynthesis pathway or C4 enzymes.

Additional key words: adaptation to arid habitat; chlorophyll fluorescence; diurnal courses; Hedysarum fruticosum var. mongolicum; leaf N content; nitrogen use efficiency; photosynthesis; photosystem 2; Salix gordejevii

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Niu, S.L., Jiang, G.M., Li, Y.G., Gao, L.M., Liu, M.Z., Peng, Y., & Ding, L. (2003). Comparison of Photosynthetic Traits Between Two Typical Shrubs: Legume and Non-Legume in Hunshandak Sandland. Photosynthetica, 41(1), 111-116. doi: 10.1023/A:1025824916389
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