New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science abstracts

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Some photosynthetic characteristics in the leaves of kiwifruit

ROMAN OLÁH

Department of Plant Physiology
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Comenius University
Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava
Slovak Republic

Abstract  Net photosynthetic rate, adaptation, compensating and saturating irradiances, mitochondrial respiration rate in the dark, photorespiration rate, CO2- compensation concentration, assimilation number, and quantum yield were evaluated on both male and female kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa (A. Chev) C.F. Liang et A.R. Ferguson) leaves. Specific leaf mass, specific leaf area, and chlorophyll content were also estimated. Statistically higher values of the net photosynthetic rate, saturating irradiance, and photosynthetic productivity were observed in the leaves of generative shoots of the female plants.

Keywords  kiwifruit; Actinidia deliciosa; photosynthesis; respiration; chlorophyll; photosynthetic productivity; male plants; female plants

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 1995, Vol. 23: 155-161

0114-0671/95/2302--0155 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1995

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