Abstract
Abstract Roots of 53-day-old pecan seedlings [Carya illinoensis (Wangenh.) C. Koch] were either not flooded or flooded by submerging pots to ≈2 cm above the soil line in containers of water. Leaf gas exchange measurements at 1000 µmol·s–1·m–2 photosynthetic photon flux, 340 µl·liter–1 CO2, and 27°C were made prior to flooding, after 1, 8, or 15 days of flooding, and 7, 14, or 21 days after flooding was terminated. Net CO2 assimilation rate (A) decreased 56% after 1 day of flooding. Flooding 9 or 15 days did not further depress A. Carbon assimilation of trees that had been flooded for 8 days and then returned to nonflooded soil for 7 days were similar to unflooded trees. In contrast, A of seedlings flooded 15 days did not regain the A of unflooded trees 14 days after flooding terminated. Transpiration rates (E) paralleled A in all treatments. Leaf conductance to CO2 (gL) was positively correlated with A (R2 = 0.94). However, leaf internal CO2 (Ci) concentration was not decreased by reduced gL. Water potential (ψl) and turgor potential (ψP) of leaves were higher when trees were flooded, but osmotic potential (ψs) was unaffected.
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