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Growth, lipid peroxidation and photosynthesis in two tall fescue cultivars differing in heat tolerance

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Biologia Plantarum

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Seedlings (70-d-old) of two tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) genotypes, heat-tolerant Jaguar 3 and heat-sensitive TF 66, were exposed to a high temperature stress of 35/30 °C (day/night) for 20 d and both light-saturated and CO2-saturated leaf stomatal conductance decreased, especially in TF 66. Higher reductions of quantum efficiency, carboxylation efficiency and maximum photochemical efficiency of photosystem 2 in dark adapted leaves (measured as Fv/Fm) occurred in TF 66 than in Jaguar 3. High temperature stress increased photorespiration in the two plants, but more in TF 66. Moreover, high temperature stress also reduced the growth, chlorophyll content and caused cell membrane injuries in the two cultivars, the changes were again more pronounced in TF 66 than in Jaguar 3.

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Abbreviations

ca :

ambient CO2 partial pressure in the leaf chamber

CE:

carboxylation efficiency

Chl:

chlorophyll

ci :

leaf internal CO2 concentration

EL:

electrolyte leakage

F0 :

initial chlorophyll fluorescence yield

Fv/Fm :

maximum photochemical efficiency of photosystem 2 in dark adapted leaves

gs :

stomatal conductance

MDA:

malondialdehyde

PN :

net photosynthetic rate

PPFD:

photosynthetic photon flux density

ROS:

reactive oxygen species

RSL:

relative stomatal limitation

Π:

quantum efficiency

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  1. School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P.R. China

    J. Z. Wang, Y. Wang & J. L. Li

  2. Landscape Department, Lishui University, Zhejiang, 323000, P.R. China

    J. Z. Wang

  3. School of Life Sciences, Shanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, P.R. China

    L. J. Cui

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Wang, J.Z., Cui, L.J., Wang, Y. et al. Growth, lipid peroxidation and photosynthesis in two tall fescue cultivars differing in heat tolerance. Biol Plant 53, 237–242 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10535-009-0045-8

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