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T1 - Increased bundle sheath leakiness of CO 2 during photosynthetic induction shows a lack of coordination between the C 4 and C 3 cycles
AU - Wang, Yu
AU - Stutz, Samantha S.
AU - Bernacchi, Carl J.
AU - Boyd, Ryan A.
AU - Ort, Donald R.
AU - Long, Stephen P.
PY - 2022/12/31
Y1 - 2022/12/31
N2 - Use of a complete dynamic model of NADP-malic enzyme C 4 photosynthesis indicated that, during transitions from dark or shade to high light, induction of the C 4 pathway was more rapid than that of C 3 , resulting in a predicted transient increase in bundle-sheath CO 2 leakiness (ϕ). Previously, ϕ has been measured at steady state; here we developed a new method, coupling a tunable diode laser absorption spectroscope with a gas-exchange system to track ϕ in sorghum and maize through the nonsteady-state condition of photosynthetic induction. In both species, ϕ showed a transient increase to > 0.35 before declining to a steady state of 0.2 by 1500 s after illumination. Average ϕ was 60% higher than at steady state over the first 600 s of induction and 30% higher over the first 1500 s. The transient increase in ϕ, which was consistent with model prediction, indicated that capacity to assimilate CO 2 into the C 3 cycle in the bundle sheath failed to keep pace with the rate of dicarboxylate delivery by the C 4 cycle. Because nonsteady-state light conditions are the norm in field canopies, the results suggest that ϕ in these major crops in the field is significantly higher and energy conversion efficiency lower than previous measured values under steady-state conditions.
AB - Use of a complete dynamic model of NADP-malic enzyme C 4 photosynthesis indicated that, during transitions from dark or shade to high light, induction of the C 4 pathway was more rapid than that of C 3 , resulting in a predicted transient increase in bundle-sheath CO 2 leakiness (ϕ). Previously, ϕ has been measured at steady state; here we developed a new method, coupling a tunable diode laser absorption spectroscope with a gas-exchange system to track ϕ in sorghum and maize through the nonsteady-state condition of photosynthetic induction. In both species, ϕ showed a transient increase to > 0.35 before declining to a steady state of 0.2 by 1500 s after illumination. Average ϕ was 60% higher than at steady state over the first 600 s of induction and 30% higher over the first 1500 s. The transient increase in ϕ, which was consistent with model prediction, indicated that capacity to assimilate CO 2 into the C 3 cycle in the bundle sheath failed to keep pace with the rate of dicarboxylate delivery by the C 4 cycle. Because nonsteady-state light conditions are the norm in field canopies, the results suggest that ϕ in these major crops in the field is significantly higher and energy conversion efficiency lower than previous measured values under steady-state conditions.
KW - bundle-sheath leakage
KW - C4 photosynthesis
KW - carbon isotope discrimination
KW - maize
KW - sorghum
KW - photosynthetic efficiency
KW - photosynthetic induction
KW - tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy
U2 - 10.1111/nph.18485
DO - 10.1111/nph.18485
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36098668
VL - 236
SP - 1661
EP - 1675
JO - New Phytologist
JF - New Phytologist
SN - 0028-646X
IS - 5
ER -