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- Title
Effects of salinity on temperature-dependent photosynthetic parameters of a native C and a non-native C marsh grass in the Yangtze Estuary, China.
- Authors
Ge, Z.; Zhang, L.; Yuan, L.; Zhang, C.
- Abstract
The invasion of Spartina alterniflora along the coasts of China has allowed this C grass to outcompete often much of the native, salt marsh vegetation, such as Phragmites australis (C grass), in the Yangtze Estuary. In this study, native grass, P. australis, and non-native grass, S. alterniflora, were grown in fresh and saline water (moderate salinity of 15‰ and high salinity of 30‰) to compare the effects of salinity on photosynthetic and biochemical parameters in combination with measurement temperatures. The C grass, S. alterniflora, showed a greater CO assimilation rate than P. australis, across the tested temperatures. The net photosynthetic rate declined significantly with increasing salinity as a result of inhibited stomatal conductance together with a greater decrease in the maximum rate of electron transport ( J). In P. australis, salt treatments shifted the optimum temperatures for the maximum rate of carboxylation by Rubisco ( V) and J to lower temperatures. S. alterniflora showed a greater salt tolerance to moderate stress than that of the native grass, with lower sensitivity of V, J, and the maximum rate of phospho enolpyruvate carboxylation. Both moderate and high stress decreased significantly stomatal conductance of S. alterniflora; high salinity reduced significantly photosynthetic efficiency and J. Our findings indicated that the combination of stomatal conductance, enzyme activity, and electron transport affected the photosynthetic performance of the plants in response to salt treatments. The success of S. alterniflora could be probably attributed to its C photosynthetic pathway and the tolerance to moderate salinity. In this study, a modified parameterization of the photosynthetic model was suggested to support a more reasonable simulation of photosynthesis under salt stress.
- Subjects
YANGTZE River Estuary (China); GRASSES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; MARSH plants; EFFECT of salts on plants; EFFECT of temperature on plants
- Publication
Photosynthetica, 2014, Vol 52, Issue 4, p484
- ISSN
0300-3604
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11099-014-0055-4