Photosynthetica 2009, 47(1):155-160 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-009-0026-3

Photosynthetic characteristics involved in adaptability to Karst soil and alien invasion of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent.) in comparison with mulberry (Morus alba L.)

Y. Y. Wu1,2,*, C. Q. Liu1, P. P. Li2, J. Z. Wang2, D. Xing2, B. L. Wang1
1 State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China
2 Key Laboratory of Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology, Ministry of Education & Jiangsu Province, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, P. R. China

Unlike mulberry (Morus alba, M.a.), paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera, B.p.) can acclimate to Karst soil and incline to alien invasion. The photosynthetic parameters, diurnal changes of carbonic anhydrase, and chlorophyll fluorescence induction, and water potential were measured on sunny days (SD) and cloudy days (CD). Photosynthetic midday depression occurred in B.p. but not in M.a. The irradiance-and CO2-saturated photosynthetic rates of B.p. were significantly higher than those of M.a. There was no significant difference in water use efficiency between the two species on a SD. The maximum fluorescence, maximum quantum yield, photochemical quenching, and relative electron transport rate in the leaves of B.p. were much higher than those in M.a. The activity of carbonic anhydrase (CA) of B.p., on either an SD or a CD, was much greater than that of M.a. Higher transpiration rate (E) and net photosynthetic rate (P N) of B.p. resulted in the lack of water in mesophyll cells. Although a higher CA activity of B.p. supplied both water and CO2 for the photosynthesis of mesophyll cells, water in mesophyll cells was the factor limiting photosynthesis, and the intercellular CO2 concentration of B.p. was high and stable.

Additional key words: carbonic anhydrase; chlorophyll a fluorescence; mulberry; photochemical and non-photochemical quenching; species differences; stomatal conductance; transpiration rate; water potential

Received: July 23, 2008; Accepted: October 7, 2008; Published: March 1, 2009  Show citation

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Wu, Y.Y., Liu, C.Q., Li, P.P., Wang, J.Z., Xing, D., & Wang, B.L. (2009). Photosynthetic characteristics involved in adaptability to Karst soil and alien invasion of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent.) in comparison with mulberry (Morus alba L.). Photosynthetica, 47(1), 155-160. doi: 10.1007/s11099-009-0026-3
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