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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2002, Vol. ›› Issue (10): 1201-1204.

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CHEN Genyun1, LIAO Yi1, CAI Shiqing1, ZENG Qing2, ZHU Jianguo2, HAN Yong2, LIU Gang2, XU Daquan1   

  1. 1. Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032;
    2. Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008
  • Received:2002-06-12 Revised:2002-08-18 Online:2002-10-15

Abstract: Acomparative study was made between the leaves of Echinochloa crusgalli grown at 580 (FACE) and 380 (control, ambient air) μmol CO2 mol-1 air by observation of net photosynthetic rates (Pn) and the contents of soluble protein and the key enzyme of photosynthetic carbon assimilation, Rubisco. When measured at the ambient air CO2 concentration (380 μmol·mol-1 ), Pn were significantly lower in leaves grown under FACEconditions than that in those leaves grown in the ambient air.This indicates that photosynthetic acclimation to high CO2 occurs in the leaves grown under FACEconditions. Also,the stomatal conductance (Gs) and intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci) were decreased significantly in the leaves grown under FACE. The content of total soluble protein was much lower in the leaves grown under FACEconditions than that in the control, and the content of Rubisco was also decreased in the FACEleaves, but the difference was not significant.From these results it is deduced that the photosynthetic acclimation to high CO2 in Echinochloa crusgalli leaves grown under FACEconditions is mainly related to the partial closure of stomata and the decrease in soluble protein containing some enzymes.

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