To investigate the photosynthetic characteristics of Humulus scandens,Paulownia for tunei and Solanum nigrum,the light-response curves of photosynthetic electrons and photosynthesis were measured simultaneously by LI-6400-40B chlorophyll fluorometer.Then the differences in the photosynthetic characteristics of these plants and their courses were studied based on a mechanistic model of light-response of photosynthetic electron flow and photosynthesis.The results showed that H.scandens had the lowest chlorophyll content,while its eigen-absorption crosssection was the maximum.The chlorophyll content of P.fortunei was 1.2 times as much as that of S.nigrum,while the electron transport rates of both plants were almost same.The main reasons that determine the differences of photosynthetic characteristics of different plant species are:(1) the eigen-absorption cross-section of light-harvesting pigments of S.nigrum was greater than that of P.fortunei;(2) the minimum average lifetime of photosynthetic pigment molecules in the excited state for S.nigrum was shorter than that of P.fortunei;and (3) the use efficiency of photosynthetic electron of S.nigrum was higher than that of P.fortunei.Moreover,the photosynthetic characteristics of the plants were probably affected by the light-response of the effective light absorption cross-section of photosynthetic pigments and the light-response of the photosynthetic pigments in the lowest excited state.
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