Photon yield of O2 evolution and chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics at 77 K among vascular plants of diverse origins
Abstract
Photon yields of oxygen evolution at saturating CO2 were determined for 44 species of vascular plants, representing widely diverse taxa, habitats, life forms and growth conditions. The photonyield values on the basis of absorbed light (φ (a)) were remarkably constant among plants possessing the same pathway of photosynthetic CO2 fixation, provided the plants had not been subjected to environmental stress. The mean φ (a) value ±SE for 37 C3 species was 0.106±0.001 O2·photon(-1). The five C4 species exhibited lower photon yields and greater variation than the C3 species (φ (a)=0.0692±0.004). The φ (a) values for the two Crassulaceanacid-metabolism species were similar to those of C3 species. Leaf chlorophyll content had little influence on φ (a) over the range found in normal, healthy leaves. Chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics at 77 K were determined for the same leaves as used for the photon-yield measurements. Considerable variation in fluorescence emission both at 692 nm and at 734 nm, was found 1) among the different species; 2) between the upper and lower surfaces of the same leaves; and 3) between sun and shade leaves of the same species. By contrast, the ratio of variable to maximum fluorescence emission at 692 nm (Fv/FM, 692) remained remarkably constant (The mean value for the C3 species was 0.832±0.004). High-light treatments of shade leaves resulted in a reduction in both φ (a) and the Fv/FM, 692 ratio. The extent of the reductions increased with time of exposu…
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Fv/Fm is a reliable indicator of plant health, with values around 0.8 reflecting optimal conditions, while lower values signal unfavourable conditions for the photosynthetic machinery, often due to stress.
“Fv/Fm is a reliable indicator of plant health, with values around 0.8 reflecting optimal conditions (Björkman and Demmig, 1987), while lower values signal unfavourable conditions for the photosynthetic machinery, often due to stress (Baker and Rosenqvist, 2004).”
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Fv/Fm is a good indicator of plant wellbeing, with values around 0.83 indicating a good status, and lower values revealing unfavourable conditions for the photosynthetic apparatus linked to stressful events.
“Fv/Fm is a good indicator of plant wellbeing, with values around 0.83 indicating a good status (Björkman and Demmig 1987), and lower values revealing unfavourable conditions for photosynthetic apparatus linked to stressful events (Baker and Rosenqvist 2004;Maxwell and Johnson 2000).”
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- Authors
- Bj�rkman, O., & Demmig, B.
- Affiliations
- Carnegie Institution for Science (US)
- Venue
- Planta
- Published
- 1987-04
- Volume
- 170
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 489-504
- ISSN
- 0032-0935 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-2048
- OpenAlex
- W1971956931
- Cited by
- 2,514
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 14.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Planta (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Light effects on plants
- Keywords
- chlorophyll fluorescence, photosystem II, photoinhibition, C3 photosynthesis, C4 photosynthesis, CAM photosynthesis, Fv/Fm ratio, high light stress, vascular plants, sun and shade leaves
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