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Significant inhibition of photosynthesis occurs at temperatures only a few degrees (≤ 10 °C) above the optimum, resulting in a considerable loss of potential productivity. Most studies of heat stress have focused on crop or weedy annual plants, whereas similar studies with trees have been limited in number. As temperature is a major factor limiting the geographic ranges of most plants, the aim of this study was to use two  Populus  species adapted to contrasting thermal environments for determining the factors that constrain photosynthetic assimilation ( A ) under moderate heat stress in tree species. Consistent with its native range in temperate regions,  Populus deltoides  Bartr. ex Marsh. exhibited a significantly higher temperature optimum for  A  than did  Populus balsamifera  L., a boreal species. The higher  A  exhibited by  P .  deltoides  at 33–40 °C compared to that for  P .  balsamifera  was associated with a higher activation state of Rubisco and correlated with a higher ATPase activity of Rubisco activase. The temperature response of minimal chlorophyll  a  fluorescence for darkened leaves was similar for both species and was not consistent with a thylakoid lipid phase change contributing to the decline in  A  in the range of 30–40 °C. Taken together, these data support the idea that the differences in the temperature response of  A  for the two  Populus  species could be attributed to the differences in the response of Rubisco activation and ultimately to the thermal properties of Rubisco activase. That the primary sequence of Rubisco activase differed between the species, especially in regions associated with ATPase activity and Rubisco recognition, indicates that the genotypic differences in Rubisco activase might underlie the differences in the heat sensitivity of Rubisco activase and photosynthesis at moderately high temperatures.

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The differential response of photosynthesis to high temperature for a boreal and temperate  Populus  species relates to differences in Rubisco activation and Rubisco activase properties