title: [Leaf morphology and photosynthetic characteristics of wild Ussurian pear in China].
abstract: The wild Ussurian pear was the most important wild pear resource in northern China, belonging to the most hardiness species. Taking 48 accessions of wild Ussurian pear and 2 accessions of cultivated Ussurian pear as test materials, this paper studied the morphology of leaves, chlorophyll content, and photosynthetic characteristics. We compared the difference between the wild and cultivated Ussurian pear, analyzed the photosynthetic characteristics of wild Ussurian pear, clarified the interrelationships between the indices, and established significant linear equations of photosynthesis and water-related physiological indices. The results showed that the leaf morphological index, chlorophyll content and photosynthetic indices for cultivated Ussurian pear were significantly lower than their average values for wild Ussurian pear. The specific leaf area (SLA), leaf dry matter content ( LDMC) , and intercellular CO2 concentration had low coefficients of variation, and the other 8 indices had variation coefficient indices between 0.12-0.41. So, the level of diversity was high, indicating obvious difference in photosynthetic characteristic of wild pear resources in China. The photosynthetic indices were significantly correlated with chlorophyll composition (Chl a/b) and LDMC. The photosynthetic rate had significant exponential correlation with the intercellular CO2 concentration, transpiration rate, and stomatal conductance. The photosynthetic rate was mainly affected by stomatal limitation. The wild variety 'Jinzhoushanli' was selected as high photosynthetic genetic resource.
authors.forename: Xing-guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Yu-fen
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Lu-ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Qi
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000032:analysis; D010788:Photosynthesis; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D031989:Pyrus / Q000502:physiology*; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D002734:Chlorophyll