Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Gametophores of mosses Mnium undulatum and Polytrichum commune were submerged in distilled water or in calcium chloride solution (0.9 mM Ca2+) to induce hypoxia. The net photosynthetic (PN) and dark respiration rate (RD) were measured in the air containing 300-400 µmol(CO2).mol-1(air) and 0.21 mol(O2).mol-1(air). PN of M. undulatum gametophores decreased to 58 % of the control after 1-h submersion in water, whereas to 80 % of the control in P. commune gametophores. A smaller decrease in PN was observed when the gametophores were immersed in CaCl2 solution. In hypoxia, RD in the tested mosses species was a little higher than in the control.
Source: Biologia Plantarum
Authors: A. Rzepka, J. Krupa
Institution: Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2005255999