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Spatial variability in carbon and nitrogen related traits in apple trees: the effects of the light environment and crop load

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Photosynthetic carbon assimilation rates are highly dependent on environmental factors such as light availability and on metabolic limitations such as the demand for carbon by sink organs. The relative effects of light and sink demand on photosynthesis in perennial plants such as trees remain poorly characterised. The aim of the present study was therefore to characterize the relationships between light and fruit load on a range of leaf traits including photosynthesis, nonstructural carbohydrate (NSC) contents, leaf structure and nitrogen-related variables in fruiting (‘ON’) and nonfruiting (‘OFF’) ‘Golden Delicious’ apple trees. We show that crop status (at the tree scale) exerts a greater influence over leaf traits than the local light environment, or the local fruit load. High rates of photosynthesis were observed in the ON trees. This was correlated with a high leaf nitrogen content. In contrast, little spatial variability in photosynthesis rates was observed in the OFF trees. The lack of variation in photosynthesis rates was associated with high leaf NSC contents at the tree level. Taken together, these results suggest that low carbon demand leads to feedback limitations on photosynthesis resulting in a low level of within-tree variability. These findings provide new insights into carbon and nitrogen allocations within trees that are heavily dependent on carbon demand.
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Jérome Ngao, Sébastien Martinez, André Marquier, Sylvie Bluy, Brigitte Saint-Joanis, et al.. Spatial variability in carbon and nitrogen related traits in apple trees: the effects of the light environment and crop load. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020, 72 (5), pp.1933-1945. ⟨10.1093/jxb/eraa559⟩. ⟨hal-03049915⟩
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