Alterações sazonais da fotossíntese e do ciclo das xantófilas em alfarrobeira (Ceratonia siliqua L.)

Barrote, Isabel; Correia, Maria João; David, Maria Manuela

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Barrote, Isabel

Correia, Maria João

David, Maria Manuela

Abstract(s)

This study aimed to follow the seasonal changes in the photosynthetic performance of two Ceratonia siliqua cultivars – Mulata and Mulata do Espargal – growing in a non-irrigated orchard in Algarve (South Portugal). Measurements and sampling (leaf water potential, leaf gas exchange, pigments and dark-adapted chlorophyll fluorescence) were taken in days with similar photon flux density, during the dry season in June and July, and in November after the first autumnal rainfalls (»91 mm) when minimum temperatures droped below 10°C. Photosynthetic rates remained low for both cvs, and did not recover in November despite the observed increase in stomatal conductance and y. Fv/Fm slowly decreased from June to November, specially at midday. This changes in Fv/Fm were attributed mainly to increasing F0 which might reflect structural changes or damages at the chloroplast membranes level. Dry season conditions seemed to have triggered some thermal photoprotective mechanisms, as indicated through the increased ratio A+Z/VAZ. In November, however, the ratio A+Z/VAZ decreased. We suggest that the lack of recovery of A associated with higher F0 measured in both cvs, either at pre-dawn or midday, could be attributed to structural changes within the membranes mediated either by rehydration and/or by chilling temperatures.

Keywords

Photosynthesis Ceratonia siliqua Photosynthetic pigments Xanthophylls

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/1059

Citation

Barrote, Isabel; Correia, Maria João; David, Maria Manuela. Alterações sazonais da fotossíntese e do ciclo das xantófilas em alfarrobeira (Ceratonia siliqua L.). Trabalho apresentado em Alterações sazonais da fotossíntese e do ciclo das xantófilas em alfarrobeira (Ceratonia siliqua L.). In Libro de Comunicaciones del V Simposium Hispano-Portugués de Relaciones Hidricas en las Plantas, Alcalá de Henares, 2000.