文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Wu, Yushan ¹ ; Gong, Wanzhuo ⁴ ; Wang, Yangmei ¹ ; Yong, Taiwen ¹ ; Yang, Feng ¹ ; Liu, Weigui ¹ ; Wu, Xiaoling ¹ ; Du, J ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Sichuan Agr Univ, Coll Agron, Chengdu 611130, Sichuan, Peoples R China

2.Minist Agr, Key Lab Crop Ecophysiol & Farming Syst Southwest, Chengdu 611130, Sichuan, Peoples R China

3.Sichuan Engn Res Ctr Crop Strip Intercropping Sys, Chengdu 611130, Sichuan, Peoples R China

4.Chongqing Acad Agr Sci, Characterist Crops Res Inst, Chongqing 402160, Peoples R China

关键词： Leaf area; Leaf anatomy; Photosynthesis; Shade; Systemic signal

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH （ 影响因子：2.7； 五年影响因子：2.8 ）

ISSN： 0918-9440

年卷期： 2018 年 131 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Leaf anatomy and the stomatal development of developing leaves of plants have been shown to be regulated by the same light environment as that of mature leaves, but no report has yet been written on whether such a long-distance signal from mature leaves regulates the total leaf area of newly emerged leaves. To explore this question, we created an investigation in which we collected data on the leaf area, leaf mass per area (LMA), leaf anatomy, cell size, cell number, gas exchange and soluble sugar content of leaves from three soybean varieties grown under full sunlight (NS), shaded mature leaves (MS) or whole plants grown in shade (WS). Our results show that MS or WS cause a marked decline both in leaf area and LMA in newly developing leaves. Leaf anatomy also showed characteristics of shade leaves with decreased leaf thickness, palisade tissue thickness, sponge tissue thickness, cell size and cell numbers. In addition, in the MS and WS treatments, newly developed leaves exhibited lower net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (Gs) and transpiration rate (E), but higher carbon dioxide (CO (2) ) concentration in the intercellular space (Ci) than plants grown in full sunlight. Moreover, soluble sugar content was significantly decreased in newly developed leaves in MS and WS treatments. These results clearly indicate that (1) leaf area, leaf anatomical structure, and photosynthetic function of newly developing leaves are regulated by a systemic irradiance signal from mature leaves; (2) decreased cell size and cell number are the major cause of smaller and thinner leaves in shade; and (3) sugars could possibly act as candidate signal substances to regulate leaf area systemically.