Claim · model-written summary
Chloroplastidic pigment levels were highest at the onset of the dry period.
ByrsonimaVerbatim
e0“Byrsonima intermedia and B. coccolobifolia were classified here as brevideciduous and B. verbascifolia as evergreen”
e3“The highest chloroplastidic pigment levels were observed at the onset of the dry period, although chlorophyll levels decreased as the dry season advanced”
Title
Effect of seasonality on the leaf phenology and physiology of Byrsonima species (Malpighiaceae)
Barbara Godinho Pereira; Ana Paula de Faria; Vinicius Coelho Kuster; et al. Revista de Biología Tropical 2023. doi:10.15517/rev.biol.trop..v71i1.50344
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation Byrsonima intermedia was classified as brevideciduous.
- Observation Byrsonima coccolobifolia was classified as brevideciduous.
- Observation Byrsonima verbascifolia was classified as evergreen.
- Association The lowest maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm) of Byrsonima intermedia occurred during the dry season.
- Association The lowest maximum quantum yield (Fv/Fm) of Byrsonima coccolobifolia occurred during the dry season.
- Association The deciduous Byrsonima verbascifolia had higher photosynthetic yields during periods of abundant water availability.
- Observation Chlorophyll levels decreased as the dry season advanced.
- Association The total chlorophyll/carotenoid ratio was lowest at the onset of the dry season.
- Association Carotenoid content was highest at the onset of the dry season.
- Association Starch content values were low at the onset of the rainy season.
- Association Water-soluble polysaccharide values were high two months into the rainy season.
- Association Photosynthetic rates were high two months into the rainy season.
- Association Leaves stored large amounts of starch two months into the rainy season.