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The Photosynthetic Apparatus and Chlorophyll Fluorescence. An Introduction

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Applications of Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Photosynthesis Research, Stress Physiology, Hydrobiology and Remote Sensing

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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:

maximum fluorescence

FO:

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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  1. Institute for Biochemistry of Plants, University of Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, D-4000, Düsseldorf 1, Germany

    G. Heinrich Krause

  2. Institute for Ecological Plant Physiology, University of Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, D-4000, Düsseldorf 1, Germany

    Engelbert Weis

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    Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler

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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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