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U Dwivedi1, M Sharma, R Bhardwaj
1School of Biochemistry, D. A. University, Khandwa Road, 452 001, Indore, India.
Abstract:
Using variable to maximum fluorescence (Fv/Fm) as the criterion, the down regulation of photosynthesis by high light stress was characterized in the detached leaves of Artabotrys hexapetatus. The decrease in Fv/Fm was corelated with the decrease in oxygen evolution by thylakoids isolated from high light exposed leaves. The decrease in Fv/Fm was linear with increasing time of exposure to high light. A comparison of recovery measured as Fv/Fm, in low light versus dark, revealed that the recovery in darkness was as significant as in low light. Since the relaxation of fluorescence was a rapid response after exposure to high light and the fact that the recovery occurs in total darkness, it is concluded that photoinhibition and down regulation of photosynthesis by high light are independent events.
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