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Alterations in photochemical efficiency of photosystem II in wheat plant on hot summer day

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In this study the effect of increasing temperature on photochemical efficiency of PS II in wheat plants has been studied on a hot summer day (9:00 AM (Control)–7:00 PM) by measuring Chl a fluorescence. Increasing temperature for a short period of time (2–4 h), in nature affects the efficiency of PS II complex reversibly and does not cause permanent damage to any of the components of photosystem II. A scheme has been provided to demonstrate the sequence and severity of events which get affected maximum by temperature stress.

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SM thanks Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India for the Senior Research Fellowship Extended (09/301/(0125)/2013/EMR-I). AJ thanks DST-RFBR for the project (INT/RFBR/P-173). We are also thankful to Prof. Reto J. Strasser and Ronaldo Maldonado-Rodriguez for gifting Biolyzer HP 3 Software.

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Table 2 Derivation of parameters directly obtained from the recorded fluorescence transients
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Mathur, S., Jajoo, A. Alterations in photochemical efficiency of photosystem II in wheat plant on hot summer day. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 20, 527–531 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-014-0249-z

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