Chlorophyll fluorescence measures plants’ ability to repair photoinhibition (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Chlorophyll fluorescence measures plants’ ability to repair photoinhibition

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Some of the light energy used in photosynthesis is emitted as fluorescence. Photoinhibition and its repair can be measured by the behavior of fluorescence.

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Osaka Metropolitan University

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