Photosynthetica 2018, 56(4):989-997 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-018-0813-9

The effect of galling aphids feeding on photosynthesis photochemistry of elm trees (Ulmus sp.)

K. Kmieĉ1,*, K. Rubinowska2, W. Micha³ek2, H. Sytykiewicz3
1 Department of Entomology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
2 Department of Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
3 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce, Poland

Changes of chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence and photosynthetic pigment contents were analysed in galled leaves (visibly damaged and undamaged parts) and intact leaves. The values of minimal fluorescence of the dark-adapted state, maximal quantum yield of PSII photochemistry, effective quantum yield of PSII photochemical conversion, and photochemical quenching coefficient decreased in Ulmus pumila L. leaves galled by Tetraneura ulmi (L.) and in U. glabra Huds. galled by Eriosoma ulmi (L.). Colopha compressa (Koch.) feeding affected these parameters only in damaged parts of U. laevis Pall. galled leaves. The increasing number of T. ulmi galls progressively decreased photosynthetic performance. In gall tissues of all analysed aphid species, the lowest photosynthetic pigment content was found, indicating that the photosynthetic capacity must have been low in galls. Significant reduction of Chl and carotenoid contents were observed in damaged and undamaged portions of galled leaves only in the case of T. ulmi feeding.

Additional key words: biotic stress; Eriosomatinae; fluorescence parameters; host plant response

Received: June 30, 2017; Accepted: November 29, 2017; Prepublished online: December 1, 2018; Published: November 1, 2018  Show citation

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Kmieĉ, K., Rubinowska, K., Micha³ek, W., & Sytykiewicz, H. (2018). The effect of galling aphids feeding on photosynthesis photochemistry of elm trees (Ulmus sp.). Photosynthetica, 56(4), 989-997. doi: 10.1007/s11099-018-0813-9
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