Principal component analysis of intraspecific responses of tartary buckwheat to UV-B radiation under field conditions

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• 作者：Yinan Yao ; Zuying Xuan ; Yongmei He ; Stanley Lutts ; Helena Korpelainen ; Chunyang Li
• 关键词：Plant responses ; Population differences ; Principal component analysis ; Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn.) ; UV-B radiation
• 刊名：Environmental and Experimental Botany
• 出版年：2007
• 出版时间：December 2007
• 年：2007
• 卷：61
• 期：3
• 页码：237-245
• 全文大小：187 K

文摘

Fifteen populations of tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertn.) occurring in habitats with different natural UV-B levels were sampled, and the plants were exposed to enhanced UV-B radiation under field conditions simulating 25 % depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer. The experimental design was a 2 × 15 factorial, with two levels of UV-B radiation (ambient and enhanced UV-B radiation) and plants from 15 populations. The responses of plants in growth, morphology, productivity and in the composition of photosynthetic pigments were measured. The results demonstrated that there were significant differences among populations in responses to UV-B radiation: some populations exhibited a positive effect while others were negatively affected. The UV-B effects on plant traits were correlated with the constitutive values. A principal component analysis (PCA) was used to evaluate the overall sensitivity of responses to UV-B radiation. Our results suggest that the sensitivity of plants to UV-B radiation is not only associated with the ambient UV-B level in natural habitats but also with the relative growth rate and other factors.