Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5): 105-116. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195841

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Responses of Mesophyll Conductance and Photosynthetic Biochemical Parameters of Apples to Different Light Environments in Canopy

LI Zhiqiang1, LI Mi1, LIN Lu1, , WANG Hongning2, WANG Pengpeng1, ZHAO Guoping3   

  1. 1 College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, China
    2 Pomology Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, China
    3 Dengjiaping Agricultural Demonstration Garden in Yangqu County, Yangqu 030100, China
  • Received:2025-02-14 Published:2025-11-03

Abstract:

In order to explore the effects of different canopy light environments on apple mesophyll conductance and its key parameters and photosynthetic biochemical parameters,the open-center Fuji apple trees were used as experimental materials.The canopy light environment,photosynthetic biochemical parameters and leaf tissue structure of apple trees were measured after thinning,and the apple trees without thinning were used as controls(CK).Results showed that,the peak and mean value of daily maximum and averaged photosynthetically active radiation(PAR)increased by 23%,166%,and 43%,123%,respectively.Compared to the CK,product of light absorption coefficient and light energy partitioning ratio(α·β)and dark respiration rate under light(Rd)of treatment increased by 84.62%,56.00% respectively,while apparent CO2 compensation point(Ci*)value decreased by 6.67%.The average value of mesophyll conductance(gm)calculated by quantitative α·β value was 9.89% higher than that of the CK,and the maximum and average values of mesophyll conductance(gm')calculated by empirical α·β value(0.425)were 20.65%,39.38% higher than those of the CK,respectively.The gm ' of the treatment and the CK was higher than that of the gm,and the gm' of the treatment and the CK was 54.33%,21.67% higher than the average value of the gm,respectively.Vcmax derived from Pn-Ci(neglecting mesophyll conductance),Pn-Cc'(using empirical α·β)and Pn-Cc(using quantified α·β)response curves demonstrated significant differences(Vcmax-Ci and Vcmax-Cc' underestimated by 40.59%,19.85% in comparison with Vcmax-Cc in treatment,respectively),and treatment was significantly higher than CK(Vcmax-Ci,Vcmax-Cc' and Vcmax-Cc increased by 11.21%,5.85%,10.69%,respectively);Jmax and Vtpu were similar to Vcmax.The anatomical structures of leaves showed that the mean values of palisade tissue(PT)thickness and spongy tissue(ST)thickness of thinning treatment significantly increased respectively by 43.95%,43.31%,in comparison with those of the CK.The area and perimeter of PT and ST in thinning treatment were respectively 43.60% and 310.86% with 34.73% and 115.82% higher than those in CK.In summary,after thinning treatment,the light condition of apple canopy was improved,the leaf structure was changed,and the photosynthetic efficiency of the plant was improved.

Key words: Apple, Tree thinning, Canopy, Light environment, Mesophyll conductance, Photosynthetic biochemical parameters

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LI Zhiqiang, LI Mi, LIN Lu, WANG Hongning, WANG Pengpeng, ZHAO Guoping. Responses of Mesophyll Conductance and Photosynthetic Biochemical Parameters of Apples to Different Light Environments in Canopy[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2025, 40(5): 105-116. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20195841.

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