Photosynthetica 2016, 54(1):47-55 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-015-0156-8

Kaolin-based, foliar reflective film protects photosystem II structure and function in grapevine leaves exposed to heat and high solar radiation

L. T. Dinis1, H. Ferreira1, G. Pinto2, S. Bernardo3, C. M. Correia1, J. Moutinho-Pereira1,*
1 Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
2 Department of Biology & CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
3 School of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences (ECAV), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

Extreme conditions, such as drought, high temperature, and solar irradiance intensity, are major factors limiting growth and productivity of grapevines. In a field experiment, kaolin particle film application on grapevine leaves was examined during two different summer conditions (in 2012 and 2013) with the aim to evaluate benefits of this practice against stressful conditions hindering photochemical processes. We used chlorophyll a fluorescence to investigate attached leaves. Two months after the application, during the hottest midday, the kaolin-treated plants showed by the JIP test significantly higher quantum yield of PSII photochemistry, flux ratios, maximum trapped excitation flux of PSI, absorption flux, electron transport flux, maximum trapped energy flux per cross section, and performance index than plants under control conditions in the warmer year. On the contrary, the treated plants showed a lower initial slope of relative variable fluorescence and a decrease in the absorption and electron transport per cross section. The JIP test showed higher efficiency of PSII in the plants treated with kaolin mainly in 2013 (higher temperature and drought). Our results supported the hypothesis that the accumulation of active PSII reaction centres was associated with decreased susceptibility to photoinhibition in the kaolin-treated plants and with more efficient photochemical quenching. Grapevines in the Douro Region seems to profit from the kaolin application.

Additional key words: chlorophyll a fluorescence transient; energy flux; Vitis vinifera

Received: January 7, 2014; Accepted: May 15, 2015; Published: March 1, 2016  Show citation

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Dinis, L.T., Ferreira, H., Pinto, G., Bernardo, S., Correia, C.M., & Moutinho-Pereira, J. (2016). Kaolin-based, foliar reflective film protects photosystem II structure and function in grapevine leaves exposed to heat and high solar radiation. Photosynthetica, 54(1), 47-55. doi: 10.1007/s11099-015-0156-8
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