Gas exchanges in peach palms as a function of the spad chlorophyll meter readings

Troca gasosa em pupunha como funçao de leituras em clorofilometro

Abstracts

The close relationship between the chlorophyll-meters readings and the total chlorophyll and nitrogen contents in leaves, has allowed their evaluation both in annual and perennial species. Besides, some physiological events such as the CO2 assimilation have also been estimated by chlorophyll meters. This work was carried out aiming to evaluate the gas exchanges of peach palms as a function of the chlorophyll SPAD-Meter readings. Three year-old peach palms from Yurimaguas, Peru were studied in Ubatuba, SP, Brazil, spaced 2 x 1 m in area under a natural gradient of organic matter which allowed four plots to be considered, according to the peach palms leaves colors, from light yellow to dark green. The SPAD readings and the stomatal frequency of leaflets were evaluated. The photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD, μmol m-2 s-1), the leaf temperature (Tleaf, ºC), the CO2 assimilation (A, μmol m-2 s-1), the stomatal conductance (g s, mol m-2 s-1), the transpiration (E, mmol m-2 s-1) and the intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci, μmol mol-1) were evaluated with a portable infrared gas analyzer (LCA-4, ADC BioScientific Ltd., Great Amwell, U.K.). A linear increase in the CO2 assimilation as a function of the SPAD readings (y = -0.34 + 0.19x, R² = 0.99), indicates that they can be a rapid and cheap complementary method to evaluate in peach palms some important physiological events, such as CO2 assimilation.

Bactris gasipaes Kunth; CO2 assimilation; stomatal conductance

A estreita correlação entre leituras medidas com clorofilômetros portáteis e os teores de clorofila total e de nitrogênio em folhas têm permitido que esses teores tanto em espécies anuais como perenes sejam estimados por meio desses equipamentos. Da mesma forma, alguns eventos fisiológicos, como assimilação de CO2, têm também sido estimados. Este trabalho teve o objetivo de avaliar as trocas gasosas em pupunheiras, em função das leituras realizadas em clorofilômetro SPAD-Meter. Foram estudas em Ubatuba-SP, Brasil, pupunheiras de três anos, originárias de Yurimaguas, Peru, plantadas em espaçamento 2 x 1 m, em área apresentando gradiente natural de matéria orgânica, fato que permitiu a consideração de quatro plots cada um, apresentando pupunheiras de coloração distinta variando do amarelo-claro ao verde-escuro. Foram avaliadas as leituras SPAD e a frequência estomática dos folíolos. A densidade de fluxo de fótons fotossintéticos (DFFF, μmol m-2 s-1), a temperatura das folhas (Tfolha, ºC), a assimilação de CO2 (A, μmol m-2 s-1), a condutância estomática (g s, mol m-2 s-1), a transpiração (E, mmol m-2 s-1) e a concentração intercelular de CO2 (Ci, μmol mol-1) foram avaliadas pelo analisador portátil por radiação infravermelha (LCA-4, ADC BioScientific Ltd., Great Amwell, U.K.). Correlação linear da assimilação de CO2, em função das leituras SPAD (y = -0.34 + 0.19x, R² = 0.99), indicou que o clorofilômetro SPAD-Meter pode ser um meio complementar, rápido e barato de se estimar importantes eventos fisiológicos em pupunheiras, como a assimilação de CO2.

Bactris gasipaes Kunth; assimilação de CO2; condutância estomática

BOTANY AND PHYSIOLOGY BOTÂNICA E FISIOLOGIA

Gas exchanges in peach palms as a function of the spad chlorophyll meter readings¹

Troca gasosa em pupunha como funçao de leituras em clorofilometro

Maria Luiza Sant'anna Tucci^I; Valéria Aparecida Modolo^II; Norma de Magalhães Erismann^III; Eduardo Caruso Machado^IV

^IDr., Scientific Researcher of Horticulture Centre, Instituto Agronômico (IAC). Av. Theodureto de Almeida Camargo 1500, CEP 13075-630, Campinas-SP, Brazil

^IIDr., Scientific Researcher of Ecophysiology and Biophysics Centre, Instituto Agronômico (IAC), Av. Barão de Itapura 1481, CEP 13020-902, Campinas-SP, Brazil

ABSTRACT

The close relationship between the chlorophyll-meters readings and the total chlorophyll and nitrogen contents in leaves, has allowed their evaluation both in annual and perennial species. Besides, some physiological events such as the CO₂ assimilation have also been estimated by chlorophyll meters. This work was carried out aiming to evaluate the gas exchanges of peach palms as a function of the chlorophyll SPAD-Meter readings. Three year-old peach palms from Yurimaguas, Peru were studied in Ubatuba, SP, Brazil, spaced 2 x 1 m in area under a natural gradient of organic matter which allowed four plots to be considered, according to the peach palms leaves colors, from light yellow to dark green. The SPAD readings and the stomatal frequency of leaflets were evaluated. The photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD, μmol m^-2 s^-1), the leaf temperature (T_leaf, ºC), the CO₂ assimilation (A, μmol m^-2 s^-1), the stomatal conductance (g_s, mol m^-2 s^-1), the transpiration (E, mmol m^-2 s^-1) and the intercellular CO₂ concentration (C_i, μmol mol^-1) were evaluated with a portable infrared gas analyzer (LCA-4, ADC BioScientific Ltd., Great Amwell, U.K.). A linear increase in the CO₂ assimilation as a function of the SPAD readings (y = -0.34 + 0.19x, R² = 0.99), indicates that they can be a rapid and cheap complementary method to evaluate in peach palms some important physiological events, such as CO₂ assimilation.

Index Terms:Bactris gasipaes Kunth, CO₂ assimilation, stomatal conductance.

RESUMO

A estreita correlação entre leituras medidas com clorofilômetros portáteis e os teores de clorofila total e de nitrogênio em folhas têm permitido que esses teores tanto em espécies anuais como perenes sejam estimados por meio desses equipamentos. Da mesma forma, alguns eventos fisiológicos, como assimilação de CO₂, têm também sido estimados. Este trabalho teve o objetivo de avaliar as trocas gasosas em pupunheiras, em função das leituras realizadas em clorofilômetro SPAD-Meter. Foram estudas em Ubatuba-SP, Brasil, pupunheiras de três anos, originárias de Yurimaguas, Peru, plantadas em espaçamento 2 x 1 m, em área apresentando gradiente natural de matéria orgânica, fato que permitiu a consideração de quatro plots cada um, apresentando pupunheiras de coloração distinta variando do amarelo-claro ao verde-escuro. Foram avaliadas as leituras SPAD e a frequência estomática dos folíolos. A densidade de fluxo de fótons fotossintéticos (DFFF, μmol m^-2 s^-1), a temperatura das folhas (T_folha, ºC), a assimilação de CO₂ (A, μmol m^-2 s^-1), a condutância estomática (g_s, mol m^-2 s^-1), a transpiração (E, mmol m^-2 s^-1) e a concentração intercelular de CO₂ (C_i, μmol mol^-1) foram avaliadas pelo analisador portátil por radiação infravermelha (LCA-4, ADC BioScientific Ltd., Great Amwell, U.K.). Correlação linear da assimilação de CO₂, em função das leituras SPAD (y = -0.34 + 0.19x, R² = 0.99), indicou que o clorofilômetro SPAD-Meter pode ser um meio complementar, rápido e barato de se estimar importantes eventos fisiológicos em pupunheiras, como a assimilação de CO₂.

Termos para indexação:Bactris gasipaes Kunth, assimilação de CO₂, condutância estomática.

INTRODUCTION

The Amazonian palm peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth), besides the high quality heart-of-palm, bears nutritive fruits highly consumed by populations from its natural habitat, as sources of carbohydrates and vitamins. In São Paulo state, Brazil the peach palm growing area for heart-of-palm production is ca. 3.700 ha (Anefalos et al., 2007) and is expanding. In the peach palm germplasm banks of Instituto Agronômico (IAC)/APTA, studies have been carried out concerning the matrix plants characterization, as well as the nutritional requirements for fruits production (MODOLO et al., 2010).

Contrarily to what occurs in its natural habitat, in the São Paulo state subtropical conditions, the peach palm has to face climate seasonality, with evident effects on its physiology, that have been studied majorly concerning the CO₂ assimilation and the vegetative growth. Concerning the vegetative growth, Tucci et al. (2007) observed lower growth rates throughout the cold winter months and higher ones in summer. In parallel, the CO₂ assimilation was lower in the winter months (TUCCI et al., 2010), what have been attributed by the authors to the lower night temperatures throughout the winter. Besides the climate, mainly temperature and air vapor pressure deficit (VPD_air) among other factors, the CO₂ assimilation rate is modulated by the plant nutritional status majorly by nitrogen, essential to plant metabolism, once it is a constituent of proteins and nucleic acids (KOSLOWSKY; PALLARDY, 1997). Actually, the nitrogen deficiency usually decreases photosynthesis, more than other macronutrients, and high linear correlations between CO₂ assimilation and leaves nitrogen content have been observed in a number of perennial species (Koslowsky e Pallardy, 1997).

Nitrogen plays a crucial role in peach palms development. Deenik et al. (2000), emphasize the fact that peach palms show significant response to nitrogen fertilization. Positive influences of nitrogen were observed on aspects of the crop such as: seedlings growth (LA TORRACA et al., 1984); increase of aerial biomass (BOVI et al., 1998; BOVI et al., 2000; MOLINA et al., 2002; RAMOS et al., 2004), increase of the offshoots number per plant and of the main stem diameter (BOVI et al., 2002) and increase of root density (BOVI et al., 1999). The need of attending the peach palm nitrogen requirements is crucial and so, the detection of a lack of it by means of a rapid diagnosis is interesting, aiming to correct it before yield losses occur. Symptoms of N deficiency in peach palms were related by La Torraca et al. (1984); Falcão et al. (1998); Bovi et al. (1998) and Molina (1999), including leaves of light green color, a decrease in the palm vigor, older leaves chlorosis, yellowing of all leaves in severe cases, weak and undeveloped offshoots and susceptibility to soil water deficit. The peach palm nutritional status has been evaluated by means of foliar analysis and comparisons with the suitable values for the species. However, the analysis are expensive, lasting, and sometimes they do not allow corrections before losses in production occur, and a rapid and cheaper method to perform N periodic evaluations would be interesting. The process becomes feasible by using digital chlorophyll-meters, which have been widely used in the rapid and non-destructive evaluations of leaves total chlorophyll, as well as of the N status, because of the close relationship between them. Among the authors who reported linear relationships between chlorophyll-meters readings and the total chlorophyll content in leaves, are Schaper and Chacko (1991) for the following fruit trees: cashew, lychee, jackfruit, durian, annona and starfruit, and Fanizza et al. (1991) for the grapevine. Concerning the relationships between chlorophyll meters and plant N status, Neilsen et al. (1995), considered the use of the chlorophyll meter SPAD-502 interesting, to determine the response of apple trees cultivars to the N fertirrigation. Besides the chlorophyll and nitrogen content, the use of chlorophyll-meters has been also extended, to estimate photosynthesis and other physiological aspects of crops. Gas exchanges measurements and chlorophyll-meters readings can give useful information on the relationships between them (SCHAPER; CHACKO, 1991; MARKWELL et al., 1995; YAMAMOTO et al., 2002). According to Fanizza et al. (1991), the non-destructive nature of chlorophyll-meters readings, makes the equipment particularly useful in studies on photosynthesis and senescence in grapevines, which depend on the continued monitoring of the chlorophyll content and degradation. Rajcan et al. (1999) observed a positive correlation between the chlorophyll-meter readings and the soluble carbohydrates content, in senescent corn leaves. Torres Neto et al. (2002) observed in papaya, relationships between the chlorophyll a fluorescence, important indicative of the performance of the photochemical of photosynthesis, and the chlorophyll-meter readings.

Regarding studies on palms of economic importance, Cristancho et al. (2011) correlated the chlorophyll-meter readings with the foliar area and the CO₂ assimilation in oil palms (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) grown under high aluminum content. In boron deficient coconuts (Cocos nucifera L.), Pinho et al. (2010) correlated the chlorophyll-meter readings and photosynthesis. As for peach palms, Tucci et al. (2006) observed seasonal variations in the leaves chlorophyll-meter readings, as well as variations among the leaves ontogenetic levels. This work was carried out aiming to evaluate the chlorophyll-meter readings on leaves of peach palms growing under a natural fertility gradient, correlating the equipment readings with the CO₂ assimilation, the transpiration rate, the stomatal conductance, the instantaneous and intrinsic water efficiencies, as well as with the leaves instantaneous carboxylation efficiency. Stomatal frequencies on both leaflets surfaces were also evaluated.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Plant Material

Studied plants belong to the Putumayo landrace (Yurimaguas) and were obtained from seeds collected at the peach palm germplasm bank, maintained by Instituto Agronomico (IAC)/APTA at its Experimental Stations. Plants were spaced 2 x 1 m, by the time of this study they were three years old, and had been harvested one time, since the beginning of the experiment. Peach palms had been cultivated under a natural gradient of organic matter through soil top-layer and a visual observation of the palms, propitiated the classification of them into four plots, according to the color of leaves, as follows: Plot 1, peach palms presenting intense chlorosis, leaves color light-yellow; Plot 2, peach palms presenting less intense chlorosis, leaves color greenish-yellow; Plot 3, leaves color light green; Plot 4, plants presenting leaves color green intense, as usually occurs in peach palm crops properly fertilized.

Location

The trial was located in a private farm in Ubatuba (23°27'S, 45°04'W, 6 m alt.), São Paulo, Brazil, in a region originally covered by the Atlantic Forest, with mean annual temperature and rainfall of about 20.8° C and 2,841 mm, respectively, no water deficit, potential evapotranspiration of 992 mm and water surplus 1849 mm (ORTOLANI et al., 1995). The soil was an Allic Alluvial (Udifluvents), sandy-textured.

Stomata counting

Lamina stomatal frequency was determined on the abaxial and adaxial surfaces for two leaflets of the medium part of leaf + 2 of four plants randomly selected (pinnate leaves) in each plot. The stomatal frequency was determined from impressions collected from the leaf blade. A thin layer of clear cellulose acetate (nail polish) was applied, and the impressions were examined at a magnification of 250x on a Zeiss optical microscope. Stomatal counts were made at ten different locations on each imprint. Plants were sampled after the gas exchanges measurements.

SPAD readings

Chlorophyll-meter readings were evaluated by means of a chlorophyll-meter SPAD-Meter (Soil and Plant Analyses Development), Minolta 502, Japan. The equipment provides readings which correspond to the intensity of the leaves green color, that is, to the total chlorophyll content in leaves (MALAVOLTA et al., 1997). Measurements were performed in July, 2001, at 10:00 a.m. in four plants per plot, on a leaflet of the medium part of leaf +2, the second fully expanded leaf, from the top, according to Tomlinson criteria (TOMLINSON, 1990). On each leaflet the SPAD readings were performed on the proximal, distal, as well as on the medium part of them.

Gas exchanges

It was not possible to reach the fronds, because of the height of the canopies. Therefore, leaves were detached from the palms. After cutting the leaf, gas exchange measurements were performed immediately on a leaflet from the medium part of the leaf, according to Prado et al. (2001) and Gomes and Prado (2007). Gas exchange measurements were taken on July, 2001 from 10 to 11 a.m. The photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD, μmol m^-2 s^-1), the leaf temperature (T_leaf, ºC), the CO₂ assimilation (A, μmol m^-2 s^-1), the stomatal conductance (g_s, mol m^-2 s^-1), the transpiration (E, mmol m^-2 s^-1) and the intercellular CO₂ concentration (C_i, μmol mol^-1) were evaluated with a portable infrared gas analyzer (LCA-4, ADC BioScientific Ltd., Great Amwell, U.K.). The instantaneous water use efficiency (A/E, μmol CO₂ m^-2 s^-1/ mmol H₂O m^-2 s^-1), the intrinsic water use efficiency (A/g_s, μmol CO₂ m^-2 s^-1/ mol m^-2 s^-1) and the instantaneous carboxylation efficiency (A/Ci, μmol CO₂ m^-2 s^-1/ Pa^-1) were calculated from A, E, g_s and Ci values. Measurements were taken on the adaxial surface of a sunlit leaflet, on the medium part of the second completely expanded leaf (leaf + 2).

Statistics

Means were compared by Tukey test at 5%, and regression analysis and curve fitting were performed by the program Microcal Origin 6.0.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Climate

Evaluations were carried out on a typical winter day for the region, and from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. when evaluations were performed, the air temperature was 22 ± 1 ºC, the air relative humidity, 90 ± 5%, the VPD_air ca. 0.5 kPa, and the maximum PPFD around 1300 umol m^-2 s^-1. However, at the time of the assessments the sky became cloudy and the PPFD was 360 ± 15 umol m^-2 s^-1. The leaf temperature (T_leaf) (Fig. 1A) was ca. 24ºC for the plants from plots 1, 2 and 3, differing significantly of leaves from plot 4, which presented lower T_leaf, ca. 21ºC, possibly due to a higher E (Fig. 1B), showed by the leaves of higher SPAD readings (Table 1). It is worth mentioning that the Ubatuba region on the northern São Paulo state coast represents one of the most suitable peach palm growing regions in the state, once there is no annual water deficit and therefore the VPD_air, important to the peach palm photosynthesis modulation (Tucci et al, 2010) remains low throughout the year, with no need for irrigation (BOVI, 1998).

SPAD readings and stomata counting

The difference in the color of leaves observed among Plots was confirmed by the SPAD readings (Table 1), once the results showed a typical change in leaf color and morphology among plots, the later represented by the difference in the stomatal frequency among leaves of the four Plots (Table 2). The SPAD readings, higher on leaves of Plot 4, showed significant differences among leaves of plants from all plots, regardless the leaflet part considered. As for the leaflet medium portion where the gas exchanges measurements were performed, increasing SPAD readings were observed on leaves from Plot 1 to 4, corresponding to 3.1 and 55.4, respectively. On leaflets portions proximal and distal, there were also significant differences, the data varying from 6.3 for plot 1 to 55.5 for Plot 4 and from 5.9, for Plot 1 to 45.2, for Plot 4, for the proximal and distal regions, respectively. SPAD readings of leaves from Plot 4, measured on the proximal and on the medium portion of leaflets are in agreement with those related by Tucci et al. (2006), when observing the SPAD readings variation as a function of leaves ontogeny. The authors related average SPAD readings of 56, for leaves +2, +3 e + 4 of peach palms growing in the so-called 'planalto paulista', in São Paulo state. SPAD readings observed in winter, spring and summer on leaves of the same ontogeny were lower.

The stomatal frequency on the leaflets adaxial surface (Table 2) was significant lower than on abaxial surface, showing a higher value of 9.4 stomata mm^-2 on the dark green leaves of Plot 4. The results are consistent with Tucci et al. (2000) who observed on peach palm leaves a frequency significant higher on leaflets abaxial surfaces. The later was higher on leaflets of plants from Plot 3, corresponding to 65.6 stomata mm^-2, what was 26% higher than 51.9 stomata mm^-2 observed on leaflets from plants showing a severe chlorosis. The abaxial surfaces of leaves from Plots 1, 2 e 3 showed a stomatal frequency higher than 60 stomata mm^-2. It is interesting to note that Tucci et al. (2000) observed on the leaflets abaxial surfaces of peach palms, growing under climate conditions different from those of this experiment an average of 101.4 stomata mm^-2. A hypothesis for the high difference, can be found in Cutter (1986), who mentioned the fact that, stomatal frequencies, under some circumstances, can be altered by factors such as, light intensity and humidity of the growing sites, at the moment of stomata initiation.

Gas exchanges

The CO₂ assimilation (Fig 1E) showed significant variation (P < 0,05) among plots increasing linearly from plants of Plot 1 to those of Plot 4, corresponding to 0.3 and 10.1 µmol m^-2 s^-1, respectively, paralleling the SPAD readings (Fig 1F). It is important to note that g_s (Fig 1C) showed a different dynamics in comparison to assimilation, once their values on plants of Plots 2, 3 e 4 do not differ, showing a g_s ca. 0.54 mmol m^-2, s^-1, whereas on leaves of Plot 1 gs was 0.30 mmol m^-2, s^-1. So, for the same stomatal conductance, leaves from Plot 4 showed CO₂ assimilation 3.5 times higher than those from Plot 2 and 1.7 times higher than those from Plot 3. On the other hand the C_i values (Fig 1 D) remained practically unchanged among plots, indicating that the assimilation of plants from Plots 1, 2 and 3 was not limited by the CO₂ diffusion through the stomata, therefore not meaning a stomatal constraint but probably a metabolic one. This becomes clearer when one observes the ratios A/g_s and A/C_i (Fig 2 B,C). The later indicates the instantaneous carboxylation efficiency of the enzyme ribulose 1,5 bisfosfato carboxilase/oxigenase (Rubisco). Thus, once the C_i values remained high on leaves of plants of every plot, the lower assimilation of plants from Plots 1, 2 e 3 may have been due to the lower Rubisco content in leaves of plants from plots of lower SPAD readings what indicates lower leaf nitrogen and proteins. The later have higher N content than other plant organs, because of the higher Rubisco content required for CO₂ assimilation (LAWLOR, 2001), because of the soluble proteins of the Calvin cycle, as well as of the thylakoid membranes (KOSLOWSKY; PALLARDY, 1997). Thus, a nitrogen deficiency can result in low photosynthetic efficiency chloroplasts, highlighting the close relationship between CO₂ assimilation and leaves N and protein content. Besides that, A/g_s and A/E (Fig 2A) also decreased in leaves of plants from Plots from 4 to 1, indicating that for similar values of g_s the assimilation was more efficient on the dark green leaves of Plot 4. The results indicate that the apparent chlorophyll and N deficiencies on plants of Plots 1, 2, and 3, caused metabolic constraints to the CO₂ assimilation on plants from these plots more intense on plants of Plot 1 which presented the lowest SPAD readings.

A linear increase in the CO₂ assimilation as a function of the SPAD readings (Fig. 3), fitted by the equation y = -0.34 + 0.19x, R² = 0.99, indicating that evaluations carried out by means of chlorophyll meters readings on peach palm leaves can be an important, rapid and non-destructive complementary method to evaluate the chlorophyll and nitrogen leaves content and also some aspects of important physiological events such as CO₂ assimilation.

It is important to note that further studies should be performed under the different edaphoclimatic conditions where peach palms have been grown in São Paulo state, Brazil.

CONCLUSION

The observed linear increase in the CO₂ assimilation as a function of the SPAD readings (y = -0.34 + 0.19x, R² = 0.99), indicates that they can be a rapid and cheap complementary method to evaluate, in peach palms, some important physiological events, such as CO₂ assimilation.

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Trabalho Sinfruit 157 - Simpósio Internacional de Fruticultura - Avanços na Fruticultura (17 a 21 Outubro)

Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  02 Dec 2011
• Date of issue
  Oct 2011