Light energy management in micropropagated plants of Castanea sativa, effects of photoinhibition

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dc.contributor.authorSaez, Patricia L.
dc.contributor.authorBravo, Leon A.
dc.contributor.authorLatsague Vidal, Mirtha
dc.contributor.authorToneatti Bastidas, Marcelo
dc.contributor.authorSanchez-Olate, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorRios, Darcy G.
dc.date2013
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-30T16:43:35Z
dc.date.available2021-04-30T16:43:35Z
dc.description.abstractThe limited development of photoprotective mechanisms, specifically heat dissipation capacity, found in micropropagated plants may be the result of low xanthophyll cycle pigment content and reduced de-epoxidation capacity making them highly susceptible to photodamage. The effects of gradual or sudden increase of light on Castanea sativa in vitro cultured and during their ex vitro transference was evaluated. The results were compared with those determined in nursery-grown plants. In vitro plants responded poorly to gradual increase in irradiance, exhibiting a low electron transport rate (ETR) agreeing with low non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) and a limited de-epoxidation capacity, not synthesizing detectable amounts of zeaxanthin (Z). Regarding a sudden increase in light (photoinhibition treatment, PhT); post-PhT as in vitro as well nursery plants showed a significant decrease in their maximal efficiency of PSII (F-v/F-m), but in vitro the decrease was very drastic (around 0.2) different from that observed in nursery (around 0.69). In vitro, NPQ was mainly determined by the slow relaxing component, NPQ(s) (80.8%), concomitant with a pronounced decrease of DI protein post-PhT, and a lack of de-epoxidation capacity. During ex vitro transfer, PhT lead to death of some plants, specifically during root induction. The photoprotective mechanisms were activated over time in ex vitro conditions, indicating that micropropagated Castanea sativa display a potential for light acclimation, adjusting their photosynthetic apparatus to the ambient growth irradiance. Understanding the mechanisms that micropropagated plants deployed and how they face high light intensity events, will allow us to search for strategies to improve performance to possible light fluctuations that normally occur in ex vitro conditions during plant acclimation. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.citationPLANT SCIENCE,Vol.201,12-24,2013
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.11.008
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/3350
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
dc.sourcePLANT SCIENCE
dc.subject.englishPhotoinhibition
dc.subject.englishMicropropagation
dc.subject.englishNon-photochemical quenching
dc.subject.englishXanthophylls
dc.titleLight energy management in micropropagated plants of Castanea sativa, effects of photoinhibition
dc.typeArticle
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