Abstract
Characteristics related to C4 photosynthesis were studied in reciprocal F1 hybrids and F2 plants from Flaveria brownii (C4 like) and Flaveria linearis (C3-C4). The reciprocal F1 plants differed in 13C/12C ratios of leaves and the percentage of 14C initially incorporated into C4 acids, being more like the pollen parents in these traits. They did not differ in apparent photosynthesis or in O2 inhibition of apparent photosynthesis and differed only slightly in CO2 compensation concentration at 175 [mu]mol quanta m-2 s-1 and 400 mL L-1 O2. The 13C/12C ratios of 78 F2 progeny from the two F1 plants exhibited a normal distribution centered between those of the parents, with a few values slightly higher and lower than the parents. Apparent photosynthesis at 130 [mu]L L-1 CO2 and inhibition of photosynthesis by O2 was nearly normally distributed in the F2 population, but no values for F2 plants approached those for F. brownii (15.4 [mu]mol m-2 s-1 and 7.8%, respectively). Distribution of the CO2 compensation concentration measured at 1000 [mu]mol quanta m-2 s-1 and 400 mL L-1 of O2 in the F2 population was skewed toward F. brownii with 72% of the progeny having values <9 [mu]L of CO2 L-1 compared to 1.5 and 27.2 [mu]L L-1 for F. brownii and F. linearis, respectively. Correlations among traits of F2 plants were low (coefficients of 0.30 to -0.49), indicating that the C4- related traits are not closely linked in segregating populations. Plants in the F2 population selected for high or low apparent photosynthesis at 130 [mu]L of CO2 L-1 (six each) did not rank consistently high or low for 13C/12C ratios, O2 inhibition of apparent photosynthesis, CO2 compensation concentration, or activities of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase or NADP-malic enzyme. This study confirms results of earlier work that indicates independent segregation of C4 traits and also shows that the C4-like parental type can be recovered, at least for some characteristics (13C/12C ratio), in segregating populations. Recovery of fully functional C4 plants awaits further experimentation with C4 x C3 or C4 x C3-C4 hybrid plants that produce fertile progeny.
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