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Physiological Differences of Ilex rotunda and Illicium anisatum under Low Light Intensities  

Son Seog-Gu (Warm-temperature Forest Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Je Sun-Mi (University of Seoul, Department of Environmental horticulture)
Woo Su-Young (University of Seoul, Department of Environmental horticulture)
Byun Kwang-Ok (Korea Forest Research Institute, Department of Forest Genetics Resources)
Kang Young-Je (Warm-temperature Forest Research Center Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kwang Byung-Seo (Warm-temperature Forest Research Center Korea Forest Research Institute)
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Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.8, no.2, 2006 , pp. 61-67 More about this Journal
Abstract
We examined seedlings of two species (Ilex rotunda and Illicium anisatum) which have a different level of shade tolerance and raised them under different light regimes (full sunlight and 50% shading). After 12 months, we investigated chlorophyll content (Chl. a, Chl. b and Chl. a+b), photosynthetic systems (photosynthetic rate, light compensation point, dark respiration rate and quantum yield), intercellular $CO_2$ concentration and water use efficiency to show acclimation reaction to different light conditions. Seedlings grown under full sunlight showed lower chlorophyll content than those in the shading regime. There was a significant difference between the full sunlight and shade treatments in I. anisatum (shade tolerance species). I. rotunda (intermediate species) showed high photosynthetic rate and water use efficiency over PPFD $1000\;{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}s^{-1}$ to full sunlight. Also, I. anisatum grown under full sunlight showed lower photosynthetic rate and water use efficiency over a range of all PPFD. This result showed that I. rotunda has a more flexible reaction system than that of I. anisatum.
Keywords
Chlorophyll contents; Dark respiration rate; Intercellular $CO_2$ concentration; Quantum yield; Light compensation point; Photosynthetic rate; Shade tolerance; Stomatal conductance;
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