Abstract:
The photosynthetic characteristics and main influential factors of leaves in
Alnus cremastogyme seedlings were systematically studied by using the Li-6400 portable photosynthesis system in this paper. The main results were as follows: (1)The net photosynthetic rate (
Pn) of leaves has obvious diurnal and seasonal change. The diurnal change of
Pn in the middle period (July) showed the double-peak curve, and the peak value occurred at 9:00 and 15:00 or so, and 13.73
μmol/m
2·s and 16.03
μmol/m
2·s respectively. However, the daily change of
Pn during the beginning period(April) and the late period(Octorber) had only one peak value respectively.The order of
Pn at different position's leaves was middle leaves > upper leaves > lower leaves. The seasonal change of
Pn at middle leaves was double-peak curve type, and the first peak value of which was 19.3
μmol/m
2·s in June and the second 18 95
μ·mol/m
2·s in August. The upper and the lower had one peak value. (2) The light compensate point (LCP) of leaves was about between 24.36
μmol/m
2·s and 52.16
μmol/m
2·s, and the light saturate point (LSP) above 1 000
μmol/m
2·s, and the apparent quantum efficiency between 0.029 5 and 0.049 4.These showed that the leaves of A.cremastogyme had the higher utilization efficiency on weak light and strong light. (3) The CO
2 compensate concentration of photosynthesis was between 60.86
μmol/mol and 84.73
μmol/mol, and the CO
2 saturate concentration 800
μmol/mol or so, the carboxying efficiency between 0.032 19 and 0.047 76, which indicated that A.cremastogyme belonged to the C 3 type plant.(4) By the relative analysis and stepwise multiple regression, it was found that
Pn had the obvious relationship with
Cond,
Ci,
Trmmol,
Tair,
Tleaf,
RH, and
PAR.