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Moderate heat stress accelerates photoinhibition of photosystem I under fluctuating light in tobacco young leaves

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Moderate heat stress and fluctuating light are typical conditions in summer in tropical and subtropical regions. This type of stress can cause photodamage to photosystems I and II (PSI and PSII). However, photosynthetic responses to the combination of heat and fluctuating light in young leaves are little known. In this study, we investigated chlorophyll fluorescence and P700 redox state under fluctuating light at 25 °C and 42 °C in young leaves of tobacco. Our results indicated that fluctuating light caused selective photodamage to PSI in the young leaves at 25 °C and 42 °C. Furthermore, the moderate heat stress significantly accelerated photoinhibition of PSI under fluctuating light. Within the first 10 s after transition from low to high light, cyclic electron flow (CEF) around PSI was highly stimulated at 25 °C but was slightly activated at 42 °C. Such depression of CEF activation at moderate heat stress were unable to maintain energy balance under high light. As a result, electron flow from PSI to NADP+ was restricted, leading to the over-reduction of PSI electron carriers. These results indicated that moderate heat stress altered the CEF performance under fluctuating light and thus accelerated PSI photoinhibition in tobacco young leaves.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 31971412) and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant 2016347).

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Tan, SL., Yang, YJ. & Huang, W. Moderate heat stress accelerates photoinhibition of photosystem I under fluctuating light in tobacco young leaves. Photosynth Res 144, 373–382 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-020-00754-7

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