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Emerging Research in Plant Photosynthesis Considerations in Agriculture
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Emerging Research in Plant Photosynthesis Considerations in Agriculture

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 646

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Dr. Xiaoying Liu

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College of Agronomy, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
Interests: light; temperature; plant growth; photosynthesis
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Prof. Dr. Tran Quoc Khanh

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Laboratory of Lighting Technology, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany
Interests: color imaging; color memory; relation between light and human responses; lighting quality; vehicle lighting
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Photosynthesis is a very important biological process in which, with the participation of light and with the help of chlorophyll and some carotenoid pigments, organic compounds, mainly sugars, are formed from simple inorganic compounds, carbon dioxide, and water. The efficiency of photosynthesis has a great impact on yield. Improving plant solar energy efficiency could be a way to increase the amount of food produced. As a result, this Special Issue focuses on new research on plant photosynthesis in agriculture. This Special Issue covers recent advances in the biochemistry and molecular physiology of the various stages of photosynthesis and their regulation. We invite and encourage researchers to submit original scientific papers that address a variety of topics related to the entire photosynthesis process, including but not limited to: chlorophylls, photosynthesis, photoprotection, photosystem, photosynthetic efficiency, Calvin cycle, carotenoids, genetic regulation of photosynthetic traits.

Dr. Xiaoying Liu
Prof. Dr. Tran Quoc Khanh
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • genetic regulation of photosynthetic traits
  • chlorophylls
  • photosynthesis
  • photoprotection
  • photosystem
  • Calvin cycle
  • chlorophyll fluorescence
  • photosynthetic efficiency
  • carotenoids

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Detailed Insight into the Behaviour of Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Transient Curves and Parameters during Different Times of Dark Adaptation in Sunflower Leaves
by Antonela Markulj Kulundžić, Aleksandra Sudarić, Maja Matoša Kočar, Tomislav Duvnjak, Ivica Liović, Anto Mijić, Ivana Varga and Marija Viljevac Vuletić
Agronomy 2024, 14(5), 954; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14050954 - 2 May 2024
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The reason for this examination is today’s wide usage of chlorophyll a fluorescence (ChlF) among researchers worldwide to measure photosynthetic efficiency. Although the instructions of the ChlF measuring device clearly emphasize the need for methodology adjustments, depending on the specific plant species, many [...] Read more.
The reason for this examination is today’s wide usage of chlorophyll a fluorescence (ChlF) among researchers worldwide to measure photosynthetic efficiency. Although the instructions of the ChlF measuring device clearly emphasize the need for methodology adjustments, depending on the specific plant species, many researchers use the usual 30 min of dark adaptation before measurement. Namely, before any ChlF measurement, it is necessary to determine the specific duration of the leaf adaptation to the conditions of darkness of each plant tissue. Because of the numerous uses of the ChlF measurements, we decided to conduct this research to determine whether the appearance of the curves and parameter values depend on the time of sunflower leaf tissue adaptation to dark conditions. Therefore, this research aimed to examine the optimal adaptation time of sunflower tissue to dark conditions to obtain timely precise measurements and credible appearance of ChlF transient curves as well as accurate parameter values. The research was carried out on the sunflower hybrid Luka with 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75 and 90 min of dark adaptation in the vegetative, budding and flowering stages in the field conditions. According to the analyzed transient curves and parameters, it was determined that sunflower leaves should be kept in dark conditions for at least 15 min before the measurement of ChlF, which leads to the complete oxidation of PSII and the electron transport chain prior to a saturating pulse of light. Full article
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