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High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Structural Data Quantify the Impact of Photoinhibition on Long-Term Carbon Gain in Wheat Canopies in the Field

Alexandra J. Burgess, Renata Retkute, Michael P. Pound, John Foulkes, Simon P. Preston, Oliver E. Jensen, Tony P. Pridmore, Erik H. Murchie
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Division of Plant and Crop Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, United Kingdom (A.J.B., R.R., M.P.P., J.F., E.H.M.);
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Published October 2015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.15.00722

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Abstract

Photoinhibition reduces photosynthetic productivity; however, it is difficult to quantify accurately in complex canopies partly because of a lack of high-resolution structural data on plant canopy architecture, which determines complex fluctuations of light in space and time. Here, we evaluate the effects of photoinhibition on long-term carbon gain (over 1 d) in three different wheat (Triticum aestivum) lines, which are architecturally diverse. We use a unique method for accurate digital three-dimensional reconstruction of canopies growing in the field. The reconstruction method captures unique architectural differences between lines, such as leaf angle, curvature, and leaf density, thus providing a sensitive method of evaluating the productivity of actual canopy structures that previously were difficult or impossible to obtain. We show that complex data on light distribution can be automatically obtained without conventional manual measurements. We use a mathematical model of photosynthesis parameterized by field data consisting of chlorophyll fluorescence, light response curves of carbon dioxide assimilation, and manual confirmation of canopy architecture and light attenuation. Model simulations show that photoinhibition alone can result in substantial reduction in carbon gain, but this is highly dependent on exact canopy architecture and the diurnal dynamics of photoinhibition. The use of such highly realistic canopy reconstructions also allows us to conclude that even a moderate change in leaf angle in upper layers of the wheat canopy led to a large increase in the number of leaves in a severely light-limited state.

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    cLAI
    cumulative leaf area index
    3D
    three dimensional
    Fm
    maximal fluorescence
    Fv
    variable fluorescence
    PPFD
    photosynthetic photon flux density
    SF
    scaling factor
    • Received May 17, 2015.
    • Accepted August 14, 2015.
    • Published August 17, 2015.

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    Alexandra J. Burgess, Renata Retkute, Michael P. Pound, John Foulkes, Simon P. Preston, Oliver E. Jensen, Tony P. Pridmore, Erik H. Murchie
    Plant Physiology Oct 2015, 169 (2) 1192-1204; DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00722

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    High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Structural Data Quantify the Impact of Photoinhibition on Long-Term Carbon Gain in Wheat Canopies in the Field
    Alexandra J. Burgess, Renata Retkute, Michael P. Pound, John Foulkes, Simon P. Preston, Oliver E. Jensen, Tony P. Pridmore, Erik H. Murchie
    Plant Physiology Oct 2015, 169 (2) 1192-1204; DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00722
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