Influence of Light of Different Wave‐Lengths on hotosynthesis in Foliage Leaves

Gabrielsen, E. K.

doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1948.tb07115.x

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“…Green light is effectively absorbed by green leaves (Bjorkman 1968, Gabrielsen 1948, Gates et al 1965, Kleshnin and Shulgin 1959, Monteith 1965, Moss and Loomis 1952, Rabideau et al 1946, Seybold and Weisweiler 1943, Shibata et al 1954, Stoy 1955, Strain 1951, and green light efficiently drives electron transport (Ghi- 1984). Action spectra show that green light is an effective spectral region in powering photosynthesis in higher plants, especially in leaves with high Chi content (Bulley et al 1969, Clark and Lister 1975, Inada 1976, Lundegardh 1966, McCree 1972, Pickett and Myers 1966, Yabuki and Ko 1973.…”

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“…Conifers in particular exhibit decreased action in the blue region of the visible spectrum (Burns 1942). Carotenoids and flavonoids have a role in the decreased efficiency of blue light in driving photosynthesis (Clark and Lister 1975, Gabrielsen 1948, Inada 1976. With regard to non-photochemical quenching, carotenoids may be directly involved in dissipation of absorbed light energy by plants (Demmig-Adams and Adams 1992, Horton and Ruban 1994, Niyogi et al 1997, Owens 1994.…”

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Green Light Drives CO2 Fixation Deep within Leaves

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Nishio

Vogelmann

1998

Plant and Cell Physiology

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Maximal l4 CO 2-fixation in spinach occurs in the middle of the palisade mesophyll [Nishio et al. (1993) Plant Cell 5: 953], however, ninety percent of the blue and red light is attenuated in the upper twenty percent of a spinach leaf [Cui et al. (1991) Plant Cell Environ. 14: 493]. In this report, we showed that green light drives 14 C0 2-fixation deep within spinach leaves compared to red and blue light. Blue light caused fixation mainly in the palisade mesophyll of the leaf, whereas red light drove fixation slightly deeper into the leaf than did blue light. I4 C0 2-fixation measured under green light resulted in less fixation in the upper epidermal layer (guard cells) and upper most palisade mesophyll compared to red and blue light, but led to more fixation deeper in the leaf than that caused by either red or blue light. Saturating white, red, or green light resulted in similar maximal 14 CO 2-fixation rates, whereas under the highest irradiance of blue light given, carbon fixation was not saturated, but it asymptotically approached the maximal 14 CO 2-fixation rates attained under the other types of light. The importance of green light in photosynthesis is discussed.

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“…Conifers in particular exhibit decreased action in the blue region of the visible spectrum (Burns 1942). Carotenoids and flavonoids have a role in the decreased efficiency of blue light in driving photosynthesis (Clark and Lister 1975, Gabrielsen 1948, Inada 1976. With regard to non-photochemical quenching, carotenoids may be directly involved in dissipation of absorbed light energy by plants (Demmig-Adams and Adams 1992, Horton and Ruban 1994, Niyogi et al 1997, Owens 1994.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Green Light Drives CO2 Fixation Deep within Leaves

Sun

Nishio

Vogelmann

1998

Plant and Cell Physiology

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“…Conifers in particular exhibit decreased action in the blue region of the visible spectrum (Burns 1942). Carotenoids and flavonoids have a role in the decreased efficiency of blue light in driving photosynthesis (Gabrielsen 1948;Clark & Lister 1975;Inada 1976). Anthocyanins and other red pigments can also protect the photosynthetic apparatus from damaging light (Ewart 1897;Wheldale 1916), however, many higher plants do not have significant quantities of 'red dye' (anthocyanin) during the majority of the growing season (Ewart 1897 (Ewart 1896(Ewart , 1897(Ewart , 1898 had to be moderated by equally strong pressures for light harvesting and photosynthesis under low light conditions, that often prevail.…”

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Why are higher plants green? Evolution of the higher plant photosynthetic pigment complement

Nishio

2000

Plant Cell & Environment

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The physiological reason that higher plants are green is unknown. Other photosynthetic organisms utilize pigments that strongly absorb green light; therefore, there must have been natural forces that 'selected' the photosynthetic pigments found in higher plants. Based on previously published data and our recent findings about green light and photosynthesis within leaves (Sun et al.), a specific functional role is described for the primary photosynthetic pigments of higher plants, that were derived from green algal progenitors. The particular absorptive characteristics of chlorophylls a and b appear to perform two contradictory, but necessary functions in higher plants. Firstly, chlorophylls a and b absorb light for maximum utilization under non-saturating conditions, a function that is well understood. Secondly, they can act as protective pigments under over-saturating light conditions, when absorbed light is dissipated as heat. Under such conditions, a significant portion of light can also be efficiently utilized, especially in the bottom portion of the leaf, that is mainly illuminated by green light and not down-regulated. The second function may have been the selective force that gave rise to the extremely successful terrestrial plants, that evolved from green algae.

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“…It has been reported that the rate of photosynthesis, which produces carbohydrates, is the highest under red light, and in some cases secondly higher under blue light (2,4,8,23). In our previous experiment also, positive correlation was found between the anthocyanin and carbohydrate content of Polygonum seedlings under different colored lights (16).…”

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Effect of Monochromatic Light on Anthocyanin Content in Seedlings of Benitade (Polygonum hydropiper L.)

Miura

Shimizu

Tazuke

et al. 1989

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Seedlings of benitade, Polygonum hydropiper L., were irradiated with eight kinds of monochromatic light in the range of 400730 nm for different periods of 1 hour, 9 hours, 3 days and 5 days, at the intensity of about 9 Jm-2 s-1. The anthocyanin content per plant was higher at 665-700 nm (red region) on 1 hour irradiation, and at 400460 nm (violet-blue region) and 700^715 nm (far red region) on 9 hours irradiation, respectively. Although anthocyanin synthesis was most promoted both at 400460 nm and 665-V700 nm on 3 days irradiation, two peaks were evident at 460 and 665 nm, the latter being 30% higher than the former, on 5 days irradiation. Except on 1 hour irradiation, the anthocyanin content was the least at 560 nm (green region). The seedlings were irradiated for 30 or 60 min alternately with red and far red light with relatively broad wavelength at the intensity of about 6 and 4 Jm-Z s-1, respectively. In addition, alternate irradiations with red and far red light for 5 min each, per hour, was intermittently repeated 7 times. The stimulating effect of red light on anthocyanin synthesis was lost on subsequent irradiation of far red light, however, it was recovered again with re-irradiation of red light. From these results, it seemed that one of the photoreceptors for anthocyanin synthesis in Polygonum would be a phytochrome.

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Influence of Light of Different Wave‐Lengths on hotosynthesis in Foliage Leaves

Cited by 27 publications

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Green Light Drives CO2 Fixation Deep within Leaves

Green Light Drives CO2 Fixation Deep within Leaves

Why are higher plants green? Evolution of the higher plant photosynthetic pigment complement

Effect of Monochromatic Light on Anthocyanin Content in Seedlings of Benitade (Polygonum hydropiper L.)

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