SOME PHOTOSYNTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS IN THE LEAVES OF KIWIFRUIT

Net photosynthetic rate, adaptation, compensating and saturating irrad iances, mitochondrial respiration rate in the dark, photorespiration r ate, CO2-compensation concentration, assimilation number, and quantum yield were evaluated on both male and female kiwifruit (Actinidia deli ciosa (A. Chev) C.F. Liang et A.R. Ferguson) leaves. Specific leaf mas s, specific leaf area, and chlorophyll content were also estimated. St atistically higher values of the net photosynthetic rate, saturating i rradiance, and photosynthetic productivity were observed in the leaves of generative shoots of the female plants.