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Manifestations of the Buildup of Screening Pigments in the Optical Properties of Plants

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Photoprotection in Plants

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Accumulation of screening pigments manifests itself as directional changes in plant optical properties. Understanding the relationships between the magnitude and spectral quality of these changes and the extent of the underlying buildup of screening pigments could provide valuable insights into the status of screening-related photoprotection in plants. This chapter focuses on manifestations of the induction of screening pigments in reflectance and absorption spectra of microalgae and plants and lays a foundation for nondestructive quantification of screening compounds and their efficiency in plants.

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    Defined as A(λ)=1−T(λ)−R(λ), where R(λ) and T(λ) are the reflectance and transmittance at wavelength λ.

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Solovchenko, A. (2010). Manifestations of the Buildup of Screening Pigments in the Optical Properties of Plants. In: Photoprotection in Plants. Springer Series in Biophysics, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13887-4_5

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