Photosynthetica 2003, 41(2):253-258 | DOI: 10.1023/B:PHOT.0000011958.29441.01

The Effects of Drought Stress and Leaf Ageing on Leaf Photosynthesis and Electron Transport in Photosystem 2 in Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam.) Cultivars

Haimeirong1, F. Kubota2
1 Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
2 Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

Of the four tested sweet potato cultivars having different features in growth and yield, cv. Koganesengan (KOG) was sustainable in photosynthetic activity through young to aged leaves under drought. One of the causes for this phenomenon may be stomatal conductance (g s) of this cultivar that was relatively high in both aged and drought-imposed leaves. In these leaves the non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) was low and the quantum yield of photosystem 2 (Φe) was high, compared to those of the other cultivars. This helps to prevent excessive accumulation of chemical energy in leaves and a decrease in photoinhibition damage to the photosynthetic function, by which KOG sustains a relatively high photosynthetic activity under the drought and alleviates functional deterioration caused by leaf age.

Additional key words: chlorophyll fluorescence; cultivar differences; dry mass; leaf area; non-photochemical quenching; photorespiration; quantum yield; stomatal conductance

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Haimeirong,, & Kubota, F. (2003). The Effects of Drought Stress and Leaf Ageing on Leaf Photosynthesis and Electron Transport in Photosystem 2 in Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam.) Cultivars. Photosynthetica, 41(2), 253-258. doi: 10.1023/B:PHOT.0000011958.29441.01
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