Photosynthetic characteristics of rice leaves grown under red light with or without supplemental blue light
2004
Matsuda, R. | Ohashi-Kaneko, K. | Fujiwara, K. | Goto, E. | Kurata, K.
In rice plants grown under red light supplemented with blue light (red/blue-light PPFD ratio was 4/1), photosynthetic rates per unit leaf area measured under white light at 1,600 and 250 [micro]mol m⁻² s⁻¹ were higher than those in the plants grown under red light alone. The higher photosynthetic rates were associated with higher total N content of leaves, which was accompanied by larger amounts of key components of photosynthesis-limiting processes, including Rubisco, Cyt f, Chl and LHCII. These results suggested that the increase in total N content of leaves induced by supplemental blue light enhanced both light-saturated and light-limited photosynthesis.
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