Chlorophyll fluorescence lifetime determination of waterstressed C3- and C4-plants |
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Authors: | G Schmuck I Moya A Pedrini D van der Linde H K Lichtenthaler F Stober C Schindler Y Goulas |
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Institution: | (1) CEC-JRC, Institute for Remote Sensing Applications, I-21020 Ispra (VA), Italy;(2) L.U.R.E., University Paris, F-91405 Orsay Ville, France;(3) Botanisches Institut, Universität Karlsruhe, W-7500 Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary This article describes the effect of water stress on the room temperature chlorophyll fluorescence lifetime of plants of wheat (C3) and maize (C4). In addition, net CO2 assimilation rate (P
N
), stomatal conductance and the fluorescence quenching coefficientsqP andqNP at steady state conditions were recorded. The overall fluorescence decay of the control plants can be described by an average decay time of 1 ns for both plant types. Water stress did not modify this parameter in the case of wheat, whereas a shortening of the decay was observed for waterstressed maize plants (=0.45 ns). This shortening in the chlorophyll fluorescence decay was accompanied by an increase in the nonphotochemical quenching (qNP). The photochemical quenching (qP) and therefore the electron transport via photosystem II remains unaffected by water stress. The most pronounced effect of the stress for both plant types was a decrease inP
N due to a closure of the stomata. |
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