The net photosynthetic rate (NP), chlorophyll fluorescence, carotenoid content and chlorophyll content of the cosmopolitan moss Bryum argenteum were measured in the field at Botany Bay, southern Victoria Land, continental Antarctica (778S). Comparisons were made between sunand shade-adapted forms, and changes were followed as the moss emerged from under the snow and during exposure of shade and...

Using a rapid spectrographic method of carbon dioxide measurement previously described by McAlister (1937) further studies on the time course of photosynthesis in the higher plant, wheat, variety Marquis, are herein reported. Of major importance in this work is the discovery of a pick-up of carbon dioxide in darkness immediately following a high rate of photosynthesis (see Figs. 3 and 4). This ...

In order to study the effects of humic acid foliar spraying on morphological traits, photosynthetic pigmentation, and essential oil content of Dracocephalum moldavica, a factorial experiment was conducted based on a randomized complete block design with three replications in Saveh. The investigated factors included the use of humic acid at four levels 0 (control), 200, 400, and 800 mg/L and eth...

In saturating light radish seedlings grown in high-light growth conditions (90 W • n r 2) possess a much higher photosynthetic capacity on a chlorophyll and leaf area basis than the low-light grown plants (10 W • m-2). The higher C 0 2-fixation rate of HL-plants is due to the presence of HL-chloroplasts which possess a different ultrastructure and also different levels of the individual chlorop...

A remote sensing technique is presented to estimate the Major, 1988). The relationship F685/F735 vs. Chl was expressed by a power function F685/F735 mChl2n. For difchlorophyll content in higher plants. The ratio between chlorophyll fluorescence at 735 nm and in the range 700– ferent plant species, the coefficients m and n were different, but the common features of the relationships were 710 nm,...

*Corresponding author. Dr.V.Suneetha Microbial Technology lab 115 Senior Assistant Professor Room No.108, 115 SMV (Hexagon ) Industrial Biotechnology Division School of Bio Sciences and Technology (SBST) Vellore Institute of Technology University (VIT) Vellore632 014, Tamil Nadu, INDIA INTRODUCTION Estimation of chlorophyll content in common household medicinal leaves and their utilization to a...