Photosynthetica 2000, 38(3):421-427 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1010990024506

Low Night Temperature-Induced Changes in Photosynthesis and Rubber Accumulation in Guayule (Parthenium Argentatum Gray)

D. Sundar1, A. Ramachandra Reddy2
1 School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India
2 School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India

Three-year-old plants of Parthenium argentatum Gray cv. 11591 grown under natural photoperiod were exposed for 60 d to low night temperature (LNT) of 15 °C (daily from 18:00 to 06:00). Effects of the treatment on net photosynthetic rates (PN), rubber accumulation, and associated biochemical traits were examined. LNT initially reduced PN with a parallel decline in the activities of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase, fructose bisphosphatase, and sucrose phosphate synthase for 20-30 d. Later, LNT enhanced PN and the activities of photosynthetic enzymes. Associated with high PN in LNT-treated guayule plants was a two-fold increase in rubber content and rubber transferase activity per unit of protein. The initial decrease in PN in LNT-treated guayule was associated with low content of chlorophyll (a+b), large starch accumulation, and higher ratio of glucose-6-phosphate/fructose-6-phosphate. Photosystem 2 activity in isolated chloroplasts was initially decreased, but increased after 30 d. There was a significant increase in the leaf soluble protein content in LNT-treated plants. Hence the photosynthetic performance of plants grown at 15 °C night temperature for 50 d was superior to those grown under natural photoperiod in all parameters studied. The high photosynthetic capacity may contribute to superior rubber yields under LNT.

Additional key words: chlorophyll; fructose-6-phosphate; glucose-6-phosphate; net photosynthetic rate; photosystems 1 and 2; proteins; rubber transferase; starch; saccharose; sucrose phosphate synthase; superoxide dismutase

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Sundar, D., & Ramachandra Reddy, A. (2000). Low Night Temperature-Induced Changes in Photosynthesis and Rubber Accumulation in Guayule (Parthenium Argentatum Gray). Photosynthetica, 38(3), 421-427. doi: 10.1023/A:1010990024506
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