Abstract
AbstractShort periods of chilling in the presence of light (up to 6 h: 1°C; 270 W/m2) decreased the subsequent apparent photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence of leaf discs of Cucumis sativus L. cv. Kleine Groene Scherpe. The extent of the injury depended on the duration of the chilling pretreatment. After 6 h the subsequent apparent photosynthesis even reached a negative value, and it increased only slightly during the next 2 1/2 h. The decrease of apparent photosynthesis was not a consequence of increased dark respiration but was of photooxidative origin since the presence of both light and oxygen was required. Preincubation in the light for 2 h at 20°C sensitized leaf discs to subsequent photooxidation during chilling. Prompt and delayed chlorophyll fluorescence decreased simultaneously after chilling and light treatment. The corresponding decrease of photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence is discussed in relation to primary photooxidative damage to the photosystems in the chloroplast membrane.
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