Analysis of photosynthetic characteristics of seven colored-leafed trees
To have a better knowledge of common colorful-leafed plants in north of China and to explore their ecological characteristics,we measured photosynthetic rate (Pn),stomatal conductance (Gs),intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci) and transpiration rate (Tr) of seven color-leafed plants under natural conditions by using Li-6400 portable photosynthesis analyzer system.The result shows the decreasing order of maximum photosynthetic capacity of seven colorful plants is:Pyrus ussuriensis'Hongye',Fraxinus chinensis'Autumu Purple',Sambucus williamsii'Plumosa Aurea',Populus deltoides'Quanhong',Prunus virginiana 'Red Select Shurb',Physocarpus oplifolius'Darts Gold',and Physocarpus oplifolius 'Diabolo'.Pyrus ussuriensis'Hongye'has the highest maximum net photosynthetic rate among these seven plants,which is 14.93 μmol/(m2 · s),and the lowest maximum net photosynthetic rate is Physocarpus oplifolius'Diabolo',which is 8.65μmol/(m2 · s).Photosynthetic rate have significant positive correlation with stomatal conductance.The correlation coefficient between Pn and Gs of Physocarpus oplifolius'Diabolo'and Pyrus ussuriensis'Hongye'are 0.910 and 0.893 respectively.Pn also has significant positive correlation with photosynthetic active radiation.The correlation coefficient between photosynthetic active radiation and the rate of net photosynthesis of Physocarpus oplifolius'Diabolo',Physocarpus oplifolius'Darts Gold',Prunus virginiana'Red Select Shurb'and Pyrus ussuriensis'Hongye'are 0.887,0.920,0.946,0.959 respectively.The light saturated point of Pyrus ussuriensis'Hongye',Prunus virginiana'Red Select Shurb',Populus deltoides 'Quanhong',Fraxinus chinensis'Autumu Purple',and Sambucus williamsii'Plumosa Aurea'are 1 166 μmol/(m2 · s),1010μmol/(m2 · s),836 μmol/(m2 · s),1 136 μmol/(m2 · s),and 1 456 μmol/(m2 · s) respectively.The relatively higher light saturation point can help plants to adapt to the high light intensity at noon.Both Physocarpus oplifolius'Diabolo'and Physocarpus oplifolius'Darts Gold'have low light saturation point,which are 508 μmol/(m2 · s)and 424 μmol/(m2 · s) respectively.The low light saturation point and light compensation point make plants to present the shade-tolerance characteristics