Abstract:Respiration rate in light (Rd) and the CO2 compensation point in absence of Rd (г*) were 0.33μmol·m-2·s-1 and 46.5μl·L-1 in leaves of Musa paradisiaca exposed to UVB radiation (4.8μW·cm-2) respectivty. They were higher than those in control plants by 5.6% and 10%, respectively. The initial slope of lightresponse curves, the apparent quantum yield (αA) in leaves of control plants was 0.023±0.007 while the relative value was decreased by 13.0% in plants exposed to UVB radiation. A parameter related to the efficiency of light energy conversion (δ) was also decreased by 28.6% for plants exposed to UVB radiation in comparison with that of control plant. The partial An/Ci curves measured under θp 1100μmol·m-2·s-1, was An=0.028Ci+1.41 for leaves of control plants and An=0.021Ci+1.01 for leaves exposed to UVB radiation. Maximum carboxylation rate (Vcmax) and electron transport rate in saturated θp in leaves exposed to UVB treatment were also lower than those of controls considerably. The partitioning coefficients for leaf nitrogen in Rubisco (PR) and in bioenergetic (PB) in leaves
exposed to UVB radiation were lower than those of controls by 8.1% and 3.0%, respectively. And the fraction of leaf nitrogen in thylakoid lightharvesting component (PL) increased finely in plant exposed to UVB radiation as compared to that of controls. The results imply that supplementary UV-B radiation cause the decrease of nitrogen partition in the components of photosynthetic carbon cycle and decrease photosynthetic rate.