Abstract: Effects of doubled C02 on photosynthetic characteristics of soybean ( Glycine max L. ) Bragg (wild type) and its different monogene mutation strains--Nts 382 (supemodulation mutant) and Nod 49 (non-nodulation mutant) were studied. The experimental results showed that the contents of chlorophyll and carotenoid of Bragg, Nts 382 and Nod 49 were increased under doubled CO2, respectively, although to different extent. The determination results of fluorescence induction kinetic parameters showed that PS Ⅱ activity, the efficiency of primary conversion of light energy of PS Ⅱ and the efficiency of potential photosynthetic quantum conversion of a leaf from Bragg and its mutants were raised in doubled CO2. Fluorescence photochemical quenching coefficient and the overall photochemical quantum yield of PS Ⅱ were raised and non-photochemical quenching coefficient was reduced with CO2 enrichment; such changes were bigger in Nts 382 than those in Bragg and Ned 49. It might be that atmospheric N2 was more effectively utilized by Nts 382 than by Bragg and Ned 49.

Key words: Different genotype soybean, Doubled CO2, Photosynthetic pigments, PS Ⅱ activity, Efficiency of energy conversion, Fluorescence quenching