On the induction of injury in tomato under continuous light: circadian asynchrony as the main triggering factor
Aaron I. Velez-Ramirez A B E H , Gabriela Dünner-Planella A F , Dick Vreugdenhil B C , Frank F. Millenaar D G and Wim van Ieperen AA Horticulture and Product Physiology, Wageningen University, PO Box 630, 6700 AP Wageningen, The Netherlands.
B Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, PO Box 658, 6700 AR Wageningen, The Netherlands.
C Centre for Bio Systems Genomics, PO Box 98, 6700 AB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
D Monsanto Holland B.V., PO Box 1050, 2660 BB Bergschenhoek, The Netherlands.
E Present address: Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
F Present address: Sociedad Agricola Quilin Ltda., Avenuenida Vespucio Sur 4100, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
G Present address: Bayer CropScience Vegetable Seeds, PO Box 4005, 6080 AA Haelen, The Netherlands.
H Corresponding author. Email: ai.velezramirez@gmail.com
Functional Plant Biology 44(6) 597-611 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP16285
Submitted: 10 August 2016 Accepted: 23 February 2017 Published: 3 May 2017
Abstract
Unlike other species, when tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.) are deprived of at least 8 h of darkness per day, they develop a potentially lethal injury. In an effort to understand why continuous light (CL) is injurious to tomato, we tested five factors, which potentially could be responsible for triggering the injury in CL-grown tomato: (i) differences in the light spectral distribution between sunlight and artificial light, (ii) continuous light signalling, (iii) continuous supply of light for photosynthesis, (iv) continuous photo-oxidative pressure and (v) circadian asynchrony – a mismatch between the internal circadian clock frequency and the external light/dark cycles. Our results strongly suggest that continuous-light-induced injury does not result from the unnatural spectral distribution of artificial light nor from the continuity of light per se. Instead, circadian asynchrony seems to be the main factor inducing the CL-induced injury, but the mechanism is not by the earlier hypothesised circadian pattern in sensitivity for photoinhibition. Here, however, we show for the first time diurnal fluctuations in sensitivity to photoinhibition during normal photoperiods. Similarly, we also report for the first time diurnal and circadian rhythms in the maximum quantum efficiency of PSII (Fv/Fm) and the parameter F0.
Additional keywords: circadian regulation, light-induced signalling, photodamage, photoinhibition, photoperiod, quantum yield.
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