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By generating stress conditions soil flooding can induce alterations in the cell metabolism and thus is detrimental to plant growth. This study was done under the greenhouse conditions to determine the effect of soil flooding on the chlorophyll fluorescence of some hybrids of canola (Brassica napus L.). Fifty five days old plants were subjected to flooding for six days. There was no difference in the parameters modulate chlorophyll fluorescence, in contrast, some the parameters related to the energy flux in photosystem II varied due to flooding stress. At the end of the six days, the performance indexes (PItotal and PIABS) decreased, in all hybrids except in ‘Hyola 420’. The difference kinetics of the chlorophyll a fluorescence transient showed different effects on different sites of the photosynthetic machinery. It could be concluded that compared to the other hybrids, ‘Hyola 420’ was less sensitive to flooding.
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Perboni, A.T., Cassol, D., da Silva, F.S.P. et al. Chlorophyll a fluorescence study revealing effects of flooding in canola hybrids. Biologia 67, 338–346 (2012). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-012-0006-0
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