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An Excel tool for deriving key photosynthetic parameters from combined gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence: theory and practice
Authors:Chandra Bellasio  David J Beerling  Howard Griffiths
Institution:1. Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK;2. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Abstract:Combined photosynthetic gas exchange and modulated fluorometres are widely used to evaluate physiological characteristics associated with phenotypic and genotypic variation, whether in response to genetic manipulation or resource limitation in natural vegetation or crops. After describing relatively simple experimental procedures, we present the theoretical background to the derivation of photosynthetic parameters, and provide a freely available Excel‐based fitting tool (EFT) that will be of use to specialists and non‐specialists alike. We use data acquired in concurrent variable fluorescence–gas exchange experiments, where A/Ci and light–response curves have been measured under ambient and low oxygen. From these data, the EFT derives light respiration, initial PSII (photosystem II) photochemical yield, initial quantum yield for CO2 fixation, fraction of incident light harvested by PSII, initial quantum yield for electron transport, electron transport rate, rate of photorespiration, stomatal limitation, Rubisco (ribulose 1·5‐bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase) rate of carboxylation and oxygenation, Rubisco specificity factor, mesophyll conductance to CO2 diffusion, light and CO2 compensation point, Rubisco apparent Michaelis–Menten constant, and Rubisco CO2‐saturated carboxylation rate. As an example, a complete analysis of gas exchange data on tobacco plants is provided. We also discuss potential measurement problems and pitfalls, and suggest how such empirical data could subsequently be used to parameterize predictive photosynthetic models.
Keywords:carboxylation  compensation point  electron transport rate  mesophyll conductance  modelling  oxygenation  photorespiration  quantum yield  respiration  Rubisco specificity
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