biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 50:257-264, 2006 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-006-0016-2

Photosynthesis of lichen symbiotic alga Trebouxia erici as affected by irradiance and osmotic stress

P. Vaczi1,*, M. Bartak1
1 Department of Plant Physiology and Anatomy, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

The relation between oxygen evolution rate (OER) and quantum yield of photochemical reactions in photosystem 2 (ΦPS2) was examined in lichen symbiotic alga Trebouxia erici Ahmadjian (strain UTEX 911) exposed to different irradiances and osmotic stress (2 M sucrose for 60 h). Linear relationship was found between OER and ΦPS2 in control cell suspension within irradiance range of 0 - 500 μmol m-2 s-1. Under osmotic stress, OER and ΦPS2 were significantly reduced. Relation between OER and ΦPS2 was curvilinear due to strong osmotically-induced inhibition of OER at high irradiance. The highest used irradiance (500 μmol m-2 s-1) was photoinhibitory for osmotically-stressed T. erici because non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) increased substantially. Energy-dependent quenching represented major part of NPQ increase. Osmotic stress led also to the reduction of capacity of photochemical processes in PS 2 (FV/FM) and increase in F0/FM. These changes indicated negative effects of osmoticum on structure and function of photosynthetic apparatus.

Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence; oxygen evolution; photobiont; photosynthesis; quantum yield
Subjects: chlorophyll fluorescence; gas exchange; in vitro culture, cell suspension cultures; lichen; lichen symbiotic alga Trebouxia erici; nutrient medium, Schenk and Hildebrandt (SH); osmotic stress; oxygen evolution; photosynthesis, lichen symbiotic alga; (photosynthetic) photon flux density; photosystem 2; quantum yield; respiration; Trebouxia erici

Received: September 29, 2004; Accepted: April 14, 2005; Published: June 1, 2006  Show citation

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Vaczi, P., & Bartak, M. (2006). Photosynthesis of lichen symbiotic alga Trebouxia erici as affected by irradiance and osmotic stress. Biologia plantarum, 50(2), 257-264. doi: 10.1007/s10535-006-0016-2
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