Plant Physiology 73:681-686 (1983)
© 1983 American Society of Plant Biologists
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Inhibition of Photosynthesis by Carbohydrates in Wheat Leaves
Joaquín Azcón-Bieto1
Department of Environmental Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, P.O. Box 475, Canberra City, A.C.T. 2601 Australia
The rate of net CO2 assimilation of mature wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) leaves in ambient air (21% O2, 340 microbars CO2) declined with time of illumination at temperatures lower than 25°C, but not at higher temperatures, and the rate of decline increased when maintained in air with higher CO2 concentration (700-825 microbars). In this latter case, the decline in the rate of net CO2 assimilation also occurred at high temperatures. Stomatal conductance also declined with time in some cases and stomata became more sensitive to CO2, but this was not the primary cause of the decrease in CO2 assimilation because internal partial pressure of CO2 remained constant. Treatments which reduced the rate of translocation (e.g. lower temperatures, chilling the base of the leaf) produced a marked decline in CO2 assimilation of leaves in atmospheric and high CO2 concentrations. The decreased net CO2 assimilation was correlated with carbohydrate accumulation in each case, suggesting end product inhibition of photosynthesis. Analysis of CO2 assimilation in high carbohydrate leaves as a function of intercellular CO2 partial pressure showed reduction in the upper part of the curve. The initial slope of this curve, however, was not affected. Photosynthetic rates in the upper part of this curve generally recovered after a short period in darkness in which carbohydrates were removed from the leaf. The stimulation of net CO2 assimilation by 2% O2 (Warburg effect), and the apparent quantum yield, decreased after several hours of light.
1 Present address: Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Diagonal 637-647, Barcelona-28, Spain.
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