Long-term effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentration and provenance on four clones of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis). II. Photosynthetic capacity and nitrogen use efficiency |
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| Authors: | Centritto Jarvis |
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| Institution: | Istituto di Biochimica ed Ecofisiologia Vegetale, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Salaria km 29.300, 00016 Monterotondo Scalo (Roma), Italy. |
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| Abstract: | Four clones of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) from two provenances, at 53.2 degrees N (Skidegate a and Skidegate b) and at 41.3 degrees N (North Bend a and North Bend b), were grown for three growing seasons in ambient (~350 micromol per mol) and elevated (~700 micromol per mol) CO2 concentrations. The clones were grown in stress-free conditions (adequate nutrition and water) to assess the effect of elevated CO2] on tree physiology. Growth in elevated CO2] significantly increased instantaneous photosynthetic rates of the clonal Sitka spruce saplings by about 62%. Downward acclimation of photosynthesis (A) was found in all four clones grown in elevated CO2]. Rubisco activity and total chlorophyll concentration were also significantly reduced in elevated CO2]. Provenance did not influence photosynthetic capacity. Best-fit estimates of Jmax (maximum rate of electron transport), Vcmax (RuBP-saturated rate of Rubisco) and Amax (maximum rate of assimilation) were derived from responses of A to intercellular CO2] by using the model of Farquhar et al. (1980). At any leaf N concentration, the photosynthetic parameters were reduced by growth in elevated CO2]. However, the ratio between Jmax and Vcmax was unaffected by CO2 growth concentration, indicating a tight coordination in the allocation of N between thylakoid and soluble proteins. In elevated CO2], the more southerly clones had a higher initial N use efficiency (more carbon assimilated per unit of leaf N) than the more northerly clones, so that they had more N available for those processes or organs that were most limiting to growth at a particular time. This may explain the initial higher growth stimulation by elevated CO2] in the North Bend clones than in the Skidegate clones. |
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