Interspecific variations of photochemical properties in a xerotherm grassland community

Veres Szilvia: Interspecific variations of photochemical properties in a xerotherm grassland community. In: Acta biologica Szegediensis, (46) 3-4. pp. 237-238. (2002)

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Abstract

In this work the role of xanthophyll cycle an d its relation to the photosynthetic activity in the dominant species of a semiarid sandy grassland community (Potentillo-Festucetum pseudovinae) were studied during the stressful summer period . The total amount of xanthophyll cycle pigments (violaxanthin, anteraxanthin, zeaxanthin) related to total chlorophyll content (VAZ pool) showed considerable interspecific alterations and it was 2-3 times larger in the summer period than in spring. The changes in the xanthophyll cycle , the potential (FyFm) and actual photochemical efficiency (AF/Fm) of PSII, as well as, the results of parallel measurements on their daily dynamics show that zeaxanthin has a major role in the photoinhibition in the photosynthetic apparatus during the summer stress on sandy grassland species. In July, the decrease s of F/F m was accompanied with increases of NPQ at the 100-120% extentt depending on the species.

Item Type: Article
Heading title: Ecophysiology; Proceedings of the 7th Hungarian Congress on Plant Physiology
Journal or Publication Title: Acta biologica Szegediensis
Date: 2002
Volume: 46
Number: 3-4
ISSN: 1588-385X
Page Range: pp. 237-238
Language: English
Event Title: Hungarian Congress on Plant Physiology, 7., 2002, Szeged
Related URLs: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/39245/
Uncontrolled Keywords: Természettudomány, Biológia
Additional Information: Bibliogr.: 238. p.; Abstract
Date Deposited: 2016. Oct. 17. 09:25
Last Modified: 2021. Apr. 13. 12:25
URI: http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/22573

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