no detectable maternal effects of elevated co2 on arabidopsis thaliana over 15 generations没有检测到孕产妇二氧化碳升高对拟南芥的影响超过15代.pdfVIP

No Detectable Maternal Effects of Elevated CO2 on Arabidopsis thaliana Over 15 Generations 1,2 3 1 1 4 1 Nianjun Teng , Biao Jin , Qinli Wang , Huaiqing Hao , Reinhart Ceulemans , Tingyun Kuang *, Jinxing Lin1* 1 Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2 College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, 3 College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China, 4 Department of Biology, University of Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium Abstract Maternal environment has been demonstrated to produce considerable impact on offspring growth. However, few studies have been carried out to investigate multi-generational maternal effects of elevated CO2 on plant growth and development. Here we present the first report on the responses of plant reproductive, photosynthetic, and cellular characteristics to elevated CO2 over 15 generations using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model system. We found that within an individual generation, elevated CO2 significantly advanced plant flowering, increased photosynthetic rate, increased the size and number of starch grains per chloroplast, reduced stomatal density, stomatal conductance, and transpiration rate, and resulted in a higher reproductive mass. Elevated CO2 did not significantly influence silique length and number of seeds per silique. Across 15 generations grown at elevated CO2 concentrations, however, there were no significant differences in these traits. In addition, a reciprocal sowing experiment demonstrated that elevated CO2 did not produce detectable maternal effects on th