Duration of irradiation rather than quantity and frequency of high irradiance inhibits photosynthetic processes in the lichen <i>Lasallia pustulata<i>

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BARTÁK Miloš VRÁBLÍKOVÁ-CEMPÍRKOVÁ Hana ŠTEPIGOVÁ Jana HÁJEK Josef VÁCZI Peter VEČEŘOVÁ Kristýna

Year of publication 2008
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Photosynthetica
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Field Botany
Keywords chlorophyll flurescence; non-photochemical quenching; photoinhibition; photochemical quenching; xanthophyll cycle; zeaxanthin
Description Lichen thalli were exposed to 4 regimes differing in irradiance and duration of irradiation. Photosynthetic efficiency of thalli was monitored by chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and xanthophyll cycle analysis. Maximal quantum yield of photosystem 2 (Fv/Fm) decreased gradually with time in long-term treatment. The effect of additional short-term high irradiance (HI) treatment applied each 24 h was not significant. Nevertheless, short-term HI applied repeatedly on thalli kept in the dark led to a significant decrease of Fv/Fm. Non-photochemical quenching recorded during the long-term treatment corresponded to the content of zeaxanthin (Z). In short-term treatment, however, proportion of Z (and antheraxanthin) to total amount of xanthophyll cycle pigments recovered to the initial values every 24 h after each repeated short-term HI event in thalli kept in dark. Thus duration of irradiation rather than irradiance and frequency of HI events is important for a decrease in primary photosynthetic processes in wet thalli of Lasallia pustulata.
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