HETEROTROPHIC CARBON GAIN OF THE PARASITIC ANGIOSPERM TAPINANTHUS-OLEIFOLIUS

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作者
RICHTER, A
POPP, M
MENSEN, R
STEWART, GR
VONWILLERT, DJ
机构
[1] UNIV VIENNA,INST PFLANZENPHYSIOL,A-1091 VIENNA,AUSTRIA
[2] UNIV MUNSTER,INST ANGEW BOT,D-48143 MUNSTER,GERMANY
[3] UNIV QUEENSLAND,DEPT BOT,BRISBANE,QLD 4072,AUSTRALIA
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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY | 1995年 / 22卷 / 04期
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10.1071/PP9950537
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Q94 [植物学];
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071001 ;
摘要
Tapinanthus oleifolius is a xylem-tapping mistletoe, parasitising a wide range of host trees including acacias, which are potentially nitrogen fixing, and Euphorbia virosa, which acquires CO2 mainly by nocturnal fixation via phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. Heterotrophic carbon gain by T. oleifolius was estimated by two different approaches. Firstly, delta(13)C values of leaves were calculated from c(i)/c(a) values and compared with measured delta(13)C ratios of these leaves and corresponding host xylem saps. Secondly, carbon intake from the host was determined by measuring carbon content of the host xylem sap and transpiration of the mistletoe leaves. This taken together with the photosynthetic CO2 net uptake allowed the calculation of a carbon budget and hence the proportion of heterotrophically-derived carbon. There was good agreement between the methods of determining heterotrophic carbon gain. For young leaves of T. oleifolius, heterotrophic carbon gain was around 55% on E. virosa and Acacia nebrownii. In old leaves parasitising E. virosa, heterotrophic carbon accounted for more than 80% of the total carbon. Although nitrogen content of mistletoe and host leaves was highly correlated, we could not confirm earlier findings that the difference in delta(13)C values of parasite-host associations depends on the nitrogen content of the host. The photosynthetic characteristics (carboxylation efficiency, photosynthetic capacity) of the parasite were only little affected by the host species being parasitised.
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