Photosynthetica 2009, 47(4):559-566 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-009-0081-9

Different photosynthetic responses to night chilling among twelve populations of Jatropha curcas

Y. L. Zheng1,2, Y. L. Feng1,*, Y. B. Lei1, C. Y. Yang1
1 Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
2 Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Jatropha curcas, one of the most important energy plant resources, is vulnerable to chilling. To evaluate the effects of chilling on photosynthesis of J. curcas and intraspecific differences in chilling tolerance, seedlings of twelve populations were treated with the temperature of 4-6°C for five consecutive nights with normal environmental temperature during the day. Night chilling treatment decreased light-saturated photosynthetic rate (Pmax) significantly for all populations. Stomatal limitation could not explain the decreased Pmax because intracellular CO2 concentration was not significantly reduced by night chilling in all populations (with only one exception). The decreased soluble-protein content, which may be related to the increased malondialdehyde (MDA) content, contributed to the decreased Pmax. The increased MDA content indicated that oxidative stress occurred after night chilling, which was associated with the larger decrease in Pmax compared with the decrease in actual photochemical efficiency of photosystem II, and the slight increase in thermal dissipation of excessive energy. After five-day recovery, MDA (with two exceptions) and Pmax still did not recover to the levels as those before night chilling treatment for all populations, indicating that J. curcas was vulnerable to chilling. Chilling tolerance was significantly different among populations. Populations originating from high elevations had greater chilling-tolerant abilities than populations originating from low elevations, showing a local adaptation to environmental temperatures of origins. Our study shed light on the possibility to find or breed chilling-tolerant genotypes of J. curcas.

Additional key words: chlorophyll fluorescence; Jatropha curcas; malondialdehyde; night chilling; photoinhibition; photosynthesis; populations; soluble protein

Received: January 6, 2009; Accepted: November 9, 2009; Published: December 1, 2009  Show citation

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Zheng, Y.L., Feng, Y.L., Lei, Y.B., & Yang, C.Y. (2009). Different photosynthetic responses to night chilling among twelve populations of Jatropha curcas. Photosynthetica, 47(4), 559-566. doi: 10.1007/s11099-009-0081-9
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