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A definition of stress to plants and a general stress concept are presented including a list of possible major natural and anthropogenic stress factors. It is shown that the white light or laser-induced chlorophyll fluorescence of predarkened leaves is a very suitable tool for early stress detection in plants as well as for regeneration studies. The different chlorophyll fluorescence parameters to be measured are: variable fluorescence (ratio fmax/fo), the vitality index (fluorescence decrease ratio, Rfd-values), the stress adaption index Ap, the fluorescence spectra (ratio F690/F735) and the photochemical Q- and non-photochemical E-quenching (qQ and qE). Some examples of the measurement of these parameters under stress conditions are given.
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Lichtenthaler, H.K. (1988). In Vivo Chlorophyll Fluorescence as a Tool for Stress Detection in Plants. 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_16
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