The capture of solar radiation and the conversion of its free energy into chemical energy involves a sequence of reactions that occur within a physical structure called the photosynthetic RC. Following the initial capture of a photon by antenna pigments, the photon is transferred to the RC pigments, where it gives rise to a separation and stabilization of charge across the photosynthetic membra...

As freshwater becomes an increasingly scarce and expensive natural resource, novel water-saving irrigation methods for dwarfing apple orchards are needed in the Loess Plateau. However, studies lacking on effects of root-zone technology leaf-level photosynthesis, which directly determines yield survival ability trees. In this study, leaf gas characteristics water status five-year-old trees Plate...

INTRODUCTION In earlier studies"2 of the photosensitization of furan vapour by mercury(3P1) atoms, it has been reported that the principal photochemical process is a clecarbonylation which has a quantum yield of 04 at a pressure of furan of a few mm Hg. The C3 fragment which was simultaneously produced was found to consist of a mixture of cyclopropene and methylacetylene. At high conversions, s...

Strongly σ-donating N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have revived research interest in the catalytic chemistry of iron, and are now also starting to bring the photochemistry and photophysics of this abundant element into a new era. In this work, a heteroleptic Fe(II) complex (1) was synthesized based on sequentially furnishing the Fe(II) center with the benchmark 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) ligand and ...

chlorophyll fluorescence induction is a rapid and noninvasive technique for measuring photosynthetic electron transport in plants. chlorophyll fluorescence measurements were performed under greenhouse condition to characterize how the fluorescence induction curves (kautsky curve) and its parameters were affected by metribuzin in susceptible and resistant junglerice (echinochloa colona (l.) link...

The effect of exogenous CaCl2 on photosystem I and II (PSI and PSII) activities, cyclic electron flow (CEF), and proton motive force of tomato leaves under low night temperature (LNT) was investigated. LNT stress decreased the net photosynthetic rate (Pn), effective quantum yield of PSII [Y(II)], and photochemical quenching (qP), whereas CaCl2 pretreatment improved Pn, Y(II), and qP under LNT s...

Ultraviolet B (UV-B) (280–315 nm) and ultraviolet A (UV-A) (315–400 radiation comprise small portions of the solar but regulate many aspects plant development, physiology metabolism. Until now, how plants respond to UV-B in presence different light qualities is poorly understood. This study aimed assess effects a low dose (0.912 ± 0.074 kJ m –2 day –1 , at 6 h daily UV exposure) combination wit...

36 Cyclic electron flux (CEF) around Photosystem I (PS I) is essential for efficient photosynthesis 37 and aids photoprotection, especially in stressful conditions, but the difficulty in quantifying CEF 38 is non-trivial. The total electron flux through PS I (ETR1) and the linear electron flux (LEFO2) 39 through both photosystems in spinach leaf discs were estimated from the photochemical yield...

Salinity-induced modulations in growth, photosynthetic pigments, relative water content (RWC), lipid peroxidation, photosynthesis, photosystem II efficiency, and changes in activity of various antioxidative enzymes were studied in the halophyte Salvadora persica treated with various levels of salinity (0, 250, 500, 750, and 1000 mM NaCl) to obtain an insight into the salt tolerance ability of t...