Physiological and biochemical adjustments of the assimilatory system of advance regeneration Norway spruce to cutting-induced changes in the environment
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https://doi.org/10.15287/afr.2025.3255Abstract
Various forestry practices (shelterwood systems, selective felling) promoted to the natural regeneration of Norway spruce can accelerate the emergence of the advance growth. Overstory removal can cause drastic changes in the environment, resulting in the death of newly regenerated trees or blocking their growth. We studied changes in the content of photosynthetic pigments, parameters of chlorophyll a fluorescence, activity of antioxidant system enzymes in the needles of 20-year-old advance regeneration Norway spruce and alteration of xylem radial growth rate in response to abrupt cutting-induced changes in the environment. Cuttingled to inhibited of photochemical activity (the Fv/Fm, Y(II) and ETR decreased), rearrangement of the pigment system (the content of Chl a and Chl b decrease,Chl a/b ratio increase) and a sharp rise in NPQ. A year later, after cutting needles were acclimated to the new conditions. Low NPQ level was associated with a reduction in Chl b content, an increase of Chl a content and Chl a/b ratio and upregulation of antioxidant enzymes. The activity of photochemical processes had raised (the Fv/Fm, Y(II) and ETR increased) and radial xylem increment was promoted significantly.References
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