Claim · model-written summary
Neoformed leaves had better photosynthetic capacity than preformed leaves under full sun.
- Taxon
- Nothofagus
Nothofagust0 - Organ / stage
- neoformed leavese0
- Outcome
- photosynthetic capacitye0
- Direction
- bettere0
- Qualifier
- under full sun conditionse0
- Comparator
- preformed leavese0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“neoformed leaves during the growing season with better photosynthetic capacity than preformed leaves under full sun conditions”
t0“Nothofagus species”
Title
S. A. Varela; M. E. Fernández; J. E. Gyenge; et al. Photosynthetica 2012. doi:10.1007/s11099-012-0064-0
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Growth rate and biomass partition were similar among light treatments in both Nothofagus species.
- Intervention effect Full sun caused high apical meristem damage.
- Intervention effect Preformed-leaf photosynthetic capacity decreased under full sun.
- Observation Both species produced neoformed leaves during the growing season.
- Intervention effect Morphological traits showed almost no plasticity in response to shade.
- Observation The species differed in optimum photosynthesis temperature.
- Observation N. obliqua maintained high photosynthesis across a wider temperature range.
- Observation Both species had highest net photosynthesis at temperatures higher than their range mean annual temperature.
- Mechanism The authors infer that future warming without water stress could increase carbon fixation, with a small N. obliqua advantage under high temperature variance.