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- Külheim, Carsetn, et al.
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Rapid Regulation of Light Harvesting and Plant Fitness in the Field.
- 2002
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In: Science. - : American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). - 0036-8075 .- 1095-9203. ; 297:5578, s. 91-93
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We used Arabidopsis thaliana mutants to examine how a photosynthetic regulatory process, the qE-type or ΔpH-dependent nonphotochemical quenching, hereafter named feedback de-excitation, influences plant fitness in different light environments. We show that the feedback de-excitation is important for plant fitness in the field and in fluctuating light in a controlled environment but that it does not affect plant performance under constant light conditions. Our findings demonstrate that the feedback de-excitation confers a strong fitness advantage under field conditions and suggest that this advantage is due to the increase in plant tolerance to variation in light intensity rather than tolerance to high-intensity light itself.
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