Light acclimation and HSO(3) (-) damage on photosynthetic apparatus of three subtropical forest species.
The effects of long-term (33 months) sun/shade acclimation and short-term (within 10 h) HSO(3) (-) treatment on leaf photosynthetic apparatus were investigated in three subtropical forest plants, Pinus massoniana, Schima superba, and Acmena acuminatissima. After 33 months' growth in two light environments (100 and 12% sunlight), rapid light curves (RLC), chlorophyll fluorescence imaging and chloroplast ultrastructures of three tested species were changed to different degrees. When leaf sections were immersed in 50 mM NaHSO(3) for 10 h, all the RLCs were lowered; chlorophyll fluorescence imaging was inclined to present warmer colors and imaging areas were decreased. However, changes in chloroplast ultrastructures differed from three species. Our results showed that the photosynthetic apparatus of a dominant species, A. acuminatissima, in the late succession stage of a subtropical forest in South China, was less sensitive to NaHSO(3) under both growing light intensities. Conversely, the chloroplasts of P. massoniana, the pioneer heliophyte species, were most susceptible to NaHSO(3). It is deduced that, SO(2) pollution may become as a factor to accelerate the succession of subtropical forest.
Liu
Nan
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Heshan National Field Research Station of Forest Ecosystem, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510650, Guangzhou, China.
Lin
Zhi-Fang
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Guan
Lan-Lan
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Lin
Gui-Zhu
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Peng
Chang-Lian
CL
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000378:metabolism; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000187:drug effects*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000187:drug effects; D013045:Species Specificity; D013447:Sulfites / Q000633:toxicity*; D013472:Sunlight
D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D013447:Sulfites; D002734:Chlorophyll; C009279:sodium bisulfite