ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2019, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (3): 102-110. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.201751385

Special Issue: Corn Drought and water saving

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Effects of Drought Stress on Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Characteristics of Summer Maize

XIA Lu, ZHAO Rui, WANG Yizhen, JIN Haiyan, WU Xidong, GE Junzhu, ZANG Fengyan, LI Zifang, WANG Jinlong   

  1. College of Agronomy & Resources and Environment, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin 300384, China
  • Received:2019-02-05 Published:2019-06-28

Abstract: In order to explore the photosynthetic physiological response mechanisms of three summer maize varieties (Xundan 20, Jinbei 288 and Dika 667) which were commonly cultivated in arid and semi-arid areas to drought stress, these three varieties were treated under different drought stresses (including non-drought treatment (CK), light drought (LD) and heavy drought (HD)). Responses of net photosynthetic rate to light intensity (Pn-PAR) and net photosynthetic rate to intercellular CO2 concentration (A-Ci) were estimated by the portable photosynthesis system Li-6400, and responses of chlorophyll fluorescence parameters to light intensity were measured by portable modulation chlorophyll fluorescence meter MINI-PAM, respectively. The results were as follows. As for all these three varieties, the response modes of Pn and stomatal conductance (Gs) to PAR were similar among these three maize varieties, and the responses of Pn to Gs shifted to left along the drought stress gradient. The initial chemical efficiency (CE) and photosynthetic capacity (Amax) were significantly lower under heavy drought treatment than under the other two treatments for each of the three varieties. Compared with the results under CK treatment, the non-photochemical quenching coefficient (qN) and the quantum yield of the regulatory energy dissipation (Y (NPQ)) were lower and the quantum yield of non-regulated energy dissipation (Y(NO)) was higher under LD or HD treatment for the two varieties of Jundan 20 and Dika 667; and the photochemical quenching coefficient (qP) was lower under HD treatment for the variety of Jinbei 288. Compared with the results under CK treatment, the maximum net photosynthetic rate (Pmax) and initial quantum efficiency (AQY) were a little higher under LD treatment for the variety of Jinbei 288. Compared with the other two varieties, the Pmax and AQY showed higher tolerance to drought stress by keeping relatively lower qQ and lower Y(NO) for the variety of Jinbei 288, and these results not only showed the greater tolerance of Jinbei288 to drought stress, but also provided reference for the screening of crop varieties for drought tolerance.

Key words: Maize, Drought stress, Photosynthetic-light response curve, Photosynthetic-intercellular CO2 curve, Rapid light curve

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XIA Lu, ZHAO Rui, WANG Yizhen, JIN Haiyan, WU Xidong, GE Junzhu, ZANG Fengyan, LI Zifang, WANG Jinlong. Effects of Drought Stress on Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Characteristics of Summer Maize[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2019, 34(3): 102-110. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.201751385.

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