1st Edition

Chlorophyll Fluorescence Understanding Crop Performance — Basics and Applications

    240 Pages 11 Color & 93 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    244 Pages 11 Color & 93 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    244 Pages 11 Color & 93 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Chlorophyll a fluorescence is a tool for evaluating plant responses to stress conditions. Fluorescence can be used in plant phenotyping and breeding programs to monitor biotic and abiotic stresses including mineral deficiencies, soil salinity, and pathogenic diseases. Chlorophyll Fluorescence: Understanding Crop Performance — Basics and Applications reviews a diversity of instruments available for recording and analyzing different types of light signals from plants and addresses the use of chlorophyll a fluorescence in research on plants and other photosynthesizing organisms, such as algae and cyanobacteria.



    This book characterizes the phenomenon of chlorophyll a fluorescence, describes the methods for its measurement, and demonstrates — using selected examples — the applicability of these methods to research the response of the photosynthetic apparatus and plant tolerance to unfavorable environmental conditions. In addition, chapters cover a general background on photosynthesis, analysis of delayed fluorescence, and the pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) technique. The book is addressed to a wide range of professionals in photosynthesis research and scientists from other areas of plant sciences.

    Photosynthesis

    Fluorescence of chlorophyll a

    JIP (OJIP) test

    Delayed fluorescence in photosynthesis

    Pulse-amplitude modulated fluorescence (PAM) measurements

    Application of chlorophyll a fluorescence in plant research

    Biography

    Mohamed H. Kalaji, Vasilij N. Goltsev, Krystyna ?uk-Go?aszewska, Marek Zivcak, Marian Brestic