1.Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biology,Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Xining 810001,China
2.Guangdong Shaoguan Institute of Biomedicine Berke Biomedical Co. ,Ltd. ,Shaoguan 512500,China
3.Key laboratory of Qinghai Plant Molecular Breeding,Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Xining 810001,China
4.The College of Pharmacy,Qinghai Nationalities University,Xining 810007,China. 5. Gansu Minqin National Studies for Desert Steppe Ecosystem,Gansu Desert Control Research Institute,Lanzhou 730070,China
Objective The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of low-temperature stress on the photochemical efficiency of Photosystem II (PSII) in alpine plants and determine the optimal operating temperature of their photosynthetic apparatus. Method Using the chlorophyll fluorescence imager technique,we examined the effects of low-temperature stress on PSII photochemical efficiency and non-photochemical quenching in Kobresia pygmaea,a typical low-temperature-tolerant arid mesophyte alpine species. Result The results demonstrated that the maximum photochemical quantum efficiency (Fv/Fm) of PSII was significantly higher at temperatures ranging from 5 ℃ to 15 ℃,indicating a relatively lower adaptation temperature for the species.Low temperature exerted influence on the rapid photosynthetic response process of PSII photochemical efficiency and non-photochemical quenching.Low-temperature stress led to decreased PSII operation efficiency (Fq'/Fm') and PSII efficiency factor (Fq'/Fv'),while increasing non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) and resulting in a high coefficient of variation (CV) of photochemical efficiency,including Fv/Fm.The contribution of low temperature to the total variation in Fv′/Fm′ and NPQ was slightly higher than that of high light intensity.However,there was no interaction observed between low temperature and strong light intensity regarding Fq'/Fm',Fv′/Fm′,Fq'/Fv',and NPQ.Notably,even at a low temperature of -5 ℃,the activity of the photosynthetic apparatus was not completely inhibited. Conclusion Low temperature may result in increased instability in PSII photochemical efficiency.The alpine species K.pygmaea displays strong adaptation and tolerance to low-temperature stress,which is crucial for its zonal distribution in alpine meadows.
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