Low growth temperature inhibition of photosynthesis in cotyledons of jack pine seedlings (Pinus banksiana) is due to impaired chloroplast development
- 1 October 2002
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Botany
- Vol. 80 (10), 1042-1051
- https://doi.org/10.1139/b02-093
Abstract
Cotyledons of jack pine seedlings (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) grown from seeds were expanded at low temperature (5°C), and total Chl content per unit area of cotyledons in these seedlings was only 57% of that observed for cotyledons on 20°C-grown controls. Chl a/b ratio of 5°C-grown jack pine was about 20% lower (2.3 ± 0.1) than 20°C controls (2.8 ± 0.3). Separation of Chl-protein complexes and SDS-PAGE indicated a significant reduction in the major Chl a containing complex of PSI (CP1) and PSII (CPa) relative to LHCII1 in 5°C compared to 20°C-grown seedlings. In addition, LHCII1/LHCII3 ratio increased from 3.8 in control (20°C) to 5.5 in 5°C-grown cotyledons. Ultrastructurally, 5°C-grown cotyledons had chloroplasts with swollen thylakoids as well as etiochloroplasts with distinct prolamellar bodies. Based on CO2-saturated O2 evolution and in vivo Chl a fluorescence, cotyledons of 5°C jack pine exhibited an apparent photosynthetic efficiency that was 40% lower than 20°C controls. Seedlings grown at 5°C were photoinhibited more rapidly at 5°C and 1200 µmol·m2·s1 than controls grown at 20°C, although the final extent of photoinhibition was similar. Exposure to high light at 5°C stimulated the xanthophyll cycle in cotyledons of both controls and 5°C-grown seedlings. In contrast to winter cereals, we conclude that growth of jack pine at 5°C impairs normal chloroplast biogenesis, which leads to an inhibition of photosynthetic efficiency.Key words: chloroplast, growth, temperature, photosynthesis, photoinhibition, Pinus banksiana Lamb., ultrastructure.Keywords
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