Abstract
An introduction to the basic relationship between chlorophyll a fluorescence yield and functioning of the photosynthetic apparatus is given. The principles governing the fluorescence decline by photochemical and non-photochemical mechanisms are summarized. Several ways of non-photochemical fluorescence quenching, related to the energization of the thylakoid membrane (qE), to the phosphorylation of the light harvesting complex of photosystem II (qT), and to photoinhibition of photosynthesis (qI) are discussed.
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Abbreviations
- DCMU:
-
3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea
- FM:
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maximum fluorescence
- FO:
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initial fluorescence
- FV = FM - FO:
-
maximum variable fluorescence
- LHC II:
-
light harvesting chlorophyll protein complex of photosystem II
- PS:
-
photosystem
- PQ:
-
plastoquinone
- QA, QB:
-
primary and secondary quinone-type electron acceptors of photosystem II
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Krause, G.H., Weis, E. (1988). The Photosynthetic Apparatus and Chlorophyll Fluorescence. An Introduction. In: Lichtenthaler, H.K. (eds) Applications of Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Photosynthesis Research, Stress Physiology, Hydrobiology and Remote Sensing. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2823-7_1
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