Modification of
photosynthesis and growth responses to elevated CO2 by ozone in two
cultivars of winter wheat with different years of
release
D. K. Biswas, H. Xu, Y.G. Li, B.L. Ma, G.M.
Jiang*
State
Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of
Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun, 100093
Beijing, PR China.
Journal of Experimental
Botany, 2013, 64(6): 1485-1496. (IF=5.345)
Abstract: The
beneficial effects of elevated CO2 on plants are expected to be
compromised by the negative effects posed by other global changes.
However, little is known about ozone (O3)-induced modulation of
elevated CO2 response in plants with differential sensitivity to
O3. An old (Triticum aestivum cv. Beijing 6, O3
tolerant) and a modern (T. aestivum cv. Zhongmai
9, O3 sensitive) winter wheat cultivar were exposed to elevated CO2
(714 ppm) and/or O3 (72 ppb, for 7h d(-1)) in open-topped chambers
for 21 d. Plant responses to treatments were assessed by visible
leaf symptoms, simultaneous measurements of gas exchange and
chlorophyll a fluorescence, in vivo biochemical properties, and
growth. It was found that elevated CO2 resulted in higher growth
stimulation in the modern cultivar attributed to a higher energy
capture and electron transport rate compared with the old cultivar.
Exposure to O3 caused a greater growth reduction in the modern
cultivar due to higher O3 uptake and a greater loss of photosystem
II efficiency (mature leaf) and mesophyll cell activity (young
leaf) than in the old cultivar. Elevated CO2 completely protected
both cultivars against the deleterious effects of O3 under elevated
CO2 and O3. The modern cultivar showed a greater relative loss of
elevated CO2-induced growth stimulation due to higher O3 uptake and
greater O3-induced photoinhibition than the old cultivar at
elevated CO2 and O3. Our findings suggest that the elevated
CO2-induced growth stimulation in the modern cultivar attributed to
higher energy capture and electron transport rate can be
compromised by its higher O3 uptake and greater O3-induced
photoinhibition under elevated CO2 and O3 exposure.