Abstract:In order to determine the influence of temperature and light intensity on photosynthesis of tobacco plants during transplanting stage in Northern China, with treatments of low temperature+ low light intensity(8 ±2 ℃, 200 μmol·m-2·s-1), low temperature+ high light intensity(8 ±2 ℃, 1 000 μmol·m-2·s-1) and the control (CK) (25 ℃, 200 μmol·m-2·s-1), the photosynthetic and chlorophyll-fluorescence parameters of the tobacco leaves were determined under different light intensities and pre-cultivation of low temperature through simulating the light-temperature condition of early spring in Northern China. Results showed that both of low and high light treatments dramatically reduced the photosynthetic carbon assimilation ability of tobacco leaf after low temperature growth, which were characterized with the reduced apparent quantum yield (AQY) and dark respiration rate (Rd). In addition, low temperature treatment reduced ecological amplitude of light utilization and maximum net photosynthetic rate (Pmax). The inhibiting effect of low temperature + high light intensity on the photosynthetic parameters of tobacco leaf was significantly higher than that of low temperature + low light intensity. The proportion of light absorption for photochemical reaction of low-temperature-grown tobacco leaf with both low and high intensity light treatments were significantly lower than that of control. However, both of their PSⅡ maximal photochemical efficiency (Fv/Fm) maintained above 0.8. At the condition of low temperature + low light intensity, light energy captured by the tobacco leaf was mainly distributed to xanthophyll cycle (ФNPQ), which depended on the proton gradient on both sides of thylakoid membrane, to protect PSⅡ from the destruction of excess light energy. The ФNPQ of the tobacco leaf with low temperature + high light intensity was significantly higher than that of the control, however, the ФNPQ of the tobacco leaf with low temperature + low light intensity was significantly lower than that of the control, and tobacco leaf mainly dissipated excess light energy in the form of fluorescence and thermal energy. Therefore, high light intensity was one of the important factors inducing inhibition of photosynthetic capacity of tobacco leaf with low temperature growth. This study provides some basic data for reasonable regulation of flue-cured tobacco during transplanting period.