Stimulative Effects of Lupinus sp. and Melilotus albus Underseed on the Photosynthetic Performance of Maize (Zea mays) in Two Intercropping Systems

Autor: Jaroslav Lang, Peter Váczi, Miloš Barták, Josef Hájek, Antonín Kintl, Barbora Zikmundová, Jakub Elbl
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Agronomy, Vol 13, Iss 1, p 163 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2073-4395
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy13010163
Popis: In order to evaluate influential mechanisms for photosynthetic processes on the yields of an intercropping system composed of maize (Zea mays), Lupinus sp. and Melilotus albus, three treatments were designed and conducted in southern Moravia (Czech Republic) in the form of agronomy trials. The treatments included sole maize (SM), maize with Lupinus sp. (ML) and maize with field melilot (MM). The photosynthetic processes of Zea mays were monitored using several chlorophyll fluorescence techniques on the three treatments for 20 days in the late summer season. An analysis of fast chlorophyll fluorescence transients (OJIP) showed that the capacity of photochemical photosynthetic reactions in photosystem II (FV/FM), as well as the photosynthetic electron transport rate (ET0/RC), declined in response to a four-day episode of extremely warm days with full sunshine. Similarly, the performance index (PI), an indicator of general plant vitality, declined. The episode activated protective mechanisms in photosystem II (PSII), which resulted in an increase of thermal dissipation. For the majority of Z. mays photosynthetic parameters, their values decreased for particular treatments in the following order: MM, ML, SM. The MM and ML intercropping systems had a positive effect on the primary photosynthetic parameters in Z. mays.
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