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Chlorophyll fluorescence as a tool for evaluation of drought stress in strawberry

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The effect of water deficit on chlorophyll fluorescence, sugar content, and growth parameters of strawberry (Fragaria×ananassa Duch. cv. Elsanta) was studied. Drought stress caused significant reductions in leaf water potential, fresh and dry masses, leaf area, and leaf number. A gradual reduction of photochemical quenching (qP) and quantum efficiency (ΦPS2) was observed under drought stress while non-photochemical quenching (qN) increased. Maximum efficiency of photosystem 2 (Fv/Fm) was not affected by drought stress.

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  1. Department of Plant Production, Ghent University, Coupure links, 653, B-9000, Gent, Belgium

    F. Razavi & M. C. van Labeke

  2. Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Ghent University, Coupure links, 653, B-9000, Gent, Belgium

    B. Pollet & K. Steppe

  3. Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology & Iranian Ministry of Agriculture, Teheran, Iran

    F. Razavi

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Razavi, F., Pollet, B., Steppe, K. et al. Chlorophyll fluorescence as a tool for evaluation of drought stress in strawberry. Photosynthetica 46, 631–633 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-008-0108-7

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