Interactions of Nitrate and CO2 Enrichment on Growth, Carbohydrates, and Rubisco in Arabidopsis Starch Mutants. Significance of Starch and Hexose
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- 1 November 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 130 (3), 1573-1583
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.010058
Abstract
Wild-type (wt) Arabidopsis plants, the starch-deficient mutant TL46, and the near-starchless mutant TL25 were grown in hydroponics under two levels of nitrate, 0.2 versus 6 mm, and two levels of CO2, 35 versus 100 Pa. Growth (fresh weight and leaf area basis) was highest in wt plants, lower in TL46, and much lower in TL25 plants under a given treatment. It is surprising that the inability to synthesize starch restricted leaf area development under both low N (NL) and high N (NH). For each genotype, the order of greatest growth among the four treatments was high CO2/NH > low CO2/NH, > high CO2/NL, which was similar to low CO2/NL. Under high CO2/NL, wt and TL46 plants retained considerable starch in leaves at the end of the night period, and TL25 accumulated large amounts of soluble sugars, indicative of N-limited restraints on utilization of photosynthates. The lowest ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase per leaf area was in plants grown under high CO2/NL. When N supply is limited, the increase in soluble sugars, particularly in the starch mutants, apparently accentuates the feedback and down-regulation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, resulting in greater reduction of growth. With an adequate supply of N, growth is limited in the starch mutants due to insufficient carbohydrate reserves during the dark period. A combination of limited N and a limited capacity to synthesize starch, which restrict the capacity to use photosynthate, and high CO2, which increases the potential to produce photosynthate, provides conditions for strong down-regulation of photosynthesis.Keywords
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