RICE SCIENCE ›› 2005, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (3): 179-186 .

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Response to High Temperature in Flag Leaves of Super High-Yielding
Rice Pei’ai 64S/E32 and Liangyoupeijiu

PENG Chang-lian 1, 2, OU Zhi-ying 2, LIU Nan 2, LIN Gui-zhu 2   

  1. 1College of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; 2 South China Institute of Botany, Chinese
    Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
  • Received:2005-05-19 Online:2005-09-28 Published:2005-09-28
  • Contact: PENG Chang-lian

Abstract: Two newly bred hybrid rice combinations, super high-yielding Liangyoupeijiu (Pei’ai 64S×9311) and Pei’ai 64S/E32 (Pei’ai
64S×E32) were used to investigate the photosynthetic characteristics under high temperature in comparison with hybrid rice Shangyou 63. High temperature caused a decreased photosynthetic efficiency and aggravated photoinhibition. The optimum temperature for photosynthetic electron transportation and photosynthetic CO2 fixation were about 28℃ and 35–40℃ respectively.
Linear electron transportation is more sensitive to high temperature than the photochemical process. The mechanism of high temperature adaptation was possibly as follows: super high-yielding rice has quickly increasing carotenoid, which acted as a more
favorable antioxidant system to reduce the active oxygen production and avoid damage to the photosynthesis system; super high-yielding rice has a higher efficiency of xanthophylls cycle to dissipate excess heat energy; super high-yielding rice has a more
stable photosynthetic function, higher photosynthetic efficiency and more heat stable protein content.

Key words: hybrid rice, high temperature, stress, photosynthesis