Modified non-rectangular hyperbola equation with plant height for photosynthetic light-response curves of Potentilla anserina and Elymus nutans at various growth phases in the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China  

作　　者：LIU Junjie WANG Xiaoping RONG Zhanlei GAO Yunfei ZHANG Guangde WANGWenbin GE Lijuan MAO Yahua GUO Zhaoxia WANG Qingtao ZHAO Chuanyan 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems,School of Life Sciences,Lanzhou University,Lanzhou 730000,China [2]Institute of Arid Meteorology,China Meteorological Administration,Lanzhou 730020,China [3]College of landscape and Ecological Engineering,Hebei University of Engineering,Handan 056000,China

出　　处：《Journal of Arid Land》2019年第5期764-773,共10页干旱区科学（英文版）

基　　金：funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(91025015,51178209);the Project of Arid Meteorological Science Research Foundation of China Meteorological Administration(IAM201608)

摘　　要：The non-rectangular hyperbola(NRH)equation is the most popular method that plots the photosynthetic light-response(PLR)curve and helps to identify plant photosynthetic capability.However,the PLR curve can't be plotted well by the NRH equation at different plant growth phases due to the variations of plant development.Recently,plant physiological parameters have been considered into the NRH equation to establish the modified NRH equation,but plant height(H),an important parameter in plant growth phases,is not taken into account.In this study,H was incorporated into the NRH equation to establish the modified NRH equation,which could be used to estimate photosynthetic capability of herbage at different growth phases.To explore photosynthetic capability of herbage,we selected the dominant herbage species Potentilla anserina L.and Elymus nutans Griseb.in the Heihe River Basin,Northwest China as the research materials.Totally,twenty-four PLR curves and H at different growth phases were measured during the growing season in 2016.Results showed that the maximum net photosynthetic rate and the initial slope of PLR curve linearly increased with H.The modified NRH equation,which is established by introducing H and an H-based adjustment factor into the NRH equation,described better the PLR curves of P.anserina and E.nutans than the original ones.The results may provide an effective method to estimate the net primary productivity of grasslands in the study area.The non-rectangular hyperbola(NRH) equation is the most popular method that plots the photosynthetic light-response(PLR) curve and helps to identify plant photosynthetic capability. However, the PLR curve can’t be plotted well by the NRH equation at different plant growth phases due to the variations of plant development. Recently, plant physiological parameters have been considered into the NRH equation to establish the modified NRH equation, but plant height(H), an important parameter in plant growth phases, is not taken into account. In this study, H was incorporated into the NRH equation to establish the modified NRH equation, which could be used to estimate photosynthetic capability of herbage at different growth phases. To explore photosynthetic capability of herbage, we selected the dominant herbage species Potentilla anserina L. and Elymus nutans Griseb. in the Heihe River Basin, Northwest China as the research materials. Totally, twenty-four PLR curves and H at different growth phases were measured during the growing season in 2016. Results showed that the maximum net photosynthetic rate and the initial slope of PLR curve linearly increased with H. The modified NRH equation, which is established by introducing H and an H-based adjustment factor into the NRH equation, described better the PLR curves of P. anserina and E. nutans than the original ones. The results may provide an effective method to estimate the net primary productivity of grasslands in the study area.

关 键 词：plant height MODIFIED non-rectangular HYPERBOLA EQUATION Potentilla anserina Elymus nutans PHOTOSYNTHETIC light-response curve Qilian Mountains 

分 类 号：O17[理学—数学]