Claim · model-written summary
Carotenoids, chlorophyll a and total chlorophyll directly increased primary needle seedling biomass.
- Taxon
- Pinus massoniana (Lamb.) Seedlings
Pinus massonianat0 - Organ / stage
- primary needle seedling (PNS)e0
- Compound
- carotenoids, chlorophyll a, and total chlorophylle0
- Outcome
- biomasse0
- Direction
- positivee0
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Verbatim
e0“Photosynthetic pigments (carotenoids, chlorophyll a, and total chlorophyll) had direct positive effects on primary needle seedling (PNS) biomass”
t0“Pinus massoniana (Lamb.) Seedlings”
Title
Haoyun Wang; Feng Wu; Min Li; et al. Forests 2021. doi:10.3390/f12121686
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation Primary needles had high chlorophyll a and total chlorophyll.
- Observation Primary needles had high net photosynthetic rate, maximum photochemical efficiency, and water use efficiency.
- Observation Primary needles had higher non-photochemical quenching, interpreted as a response to sudden light increases.
- Observation Secondary needles had lower transpiration rate, stomatal limitation and light saturation point.
- Association Secondary needles increased leaf fructose and glucose compared with primary needles.
- Association Secondary needles increased leaf biomass proportion from 47.06% to 54.30%.
- Association Secondary needles enhanced the proportion of starch stored in roots.
- Observation Non-structural carbohydrate accumulation increased significantly in seedling leaves and roots.
- Mechanism Photosynthetic pigments indirectly promoted biomass through increased stem soluble sugar synthesis.
- Association Net photosynthetic rate was the main physiological factor determining primary needle seedling biomass.
- Association Water use efficiency, stomatal limitation and non-photochemical quenching directly reduced primary needle seedling biomass.