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Chlorophyll a FluorescenceA Signature of PhotosynthesisEdited ByGeorge C. Papageorgiou and Govindjee |
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Chlorophyll a Fluorescence: A Signature of Photosynthesis highlights chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence as a convenient, non-invasive, highly sensitive, rapid and quantitative probe of oxygenic photosynthesis. Thirty-one chapters, authored by 58 international experts, provide a solid foundation of the basic theory, as well as of the application of the rich information contained in the Chl a fluorescence signal as it relates to photosynthesis and plant productivity. Although the primary photochemical reactions of photosynthesis are highly efficient, a small fraction of absorbed photons escapes as Chl fluorescence, and this fraction varies with metabolic state, providing a basis for monitoring quantitatively various processes of photosynthesis. The book explains the mechanisms with which plants defend themselves against environmental stresses (excessive light, extreme temperatures, drought, hyper-osmolarity, heavy metals and UV). It also includes discussion on fluorescence imaging of leaves and cells and the remote sensing of Chl fluorescence from terrestrial, airborne, and satellite bases.
The book is intended for graduate students, beginning researchers and advanced undergraduates in integrative plant biology, cellular and molecular biology, plant biology, biochemistry, biophysics, plant physiology, global ecology and agriculture.
Contents:
Editorial. Preface. Color Plates.
1. Chlorophyll a Fluorescence: A Bit of Basics and History
Govindjee
2. Fluorescence of Photosynthetic Pigments in Vitro and in Vivo
George Christos Papageorgiou
3. Chlorophyll Fluorescence as a Probe of Photosynthetic Productivity
Neil R. Baker and Kevin Oxborough
4. Nuts and Bolts of Excitation Energy Migration and Energy Transfer
Robert M. Clegg
5. Transfer and Trapping of Excitations in Plant Photosystems
Rienk van Grondelle and Bas Gobets
6. System Analysis and Photoelectrochemical Control of Chlorophyll Fluorescence
in Terms of Trapping Models of Photosystem II: A Challenging View
Wim J. Vredenberg
7. Photon Capture, Exciton Migration and Trapping and Fluorescence Emission in
Cyanobacteria and Red Algae
Mamoru Mimuro
8. Photosystem II: Oxygen Evolution and Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Induced
by Multiple Flashes
Vladimir Shinkarev
9. Fluorescence of Photosystem I
Shigeru Itoh and Kana Sugiura
10. The Relationship between Photosynthetic Electron Transfer and its Regulation
David M. Kramer, Thomas J. Avenson, Atsuko Kanazawa, Jeffrey A. Cruz, Boris Ivanov
and Gerald E. Edwards
11. Pulse-Amplitude-Modulation (PAM) Fluorometry and Saturation Pulse Method:
An Overview
Ulrich Schreiber
12. Analysis of the Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Transient
Reto J. Strasser, Merope Tsimilli-Michael and Alaka Srivastava
13. Light Emission as a Probe of Charge Separation and Recombination
in the Photosynthetic Apparatus: Relation of Prompt Fluorescence to Delayed Light
Emission and Thermoluminescence
Esa Tyystärvi and Imre Vass
14. Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging of Leaves and Fruits
Ladislav Nedbal and John Whitmarsh
15. Using Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Imaging to Monitor Photosynthetic
Performance
Kevin Oxborough
16. Remote Sensing of Chlorophyll Fluorescence: Instrumentation and Analysis
Ismaël Moya and Zoran G. Cerovic
17. Probing the Mechanism of State Transitions in Oxygenic Photosynthesis by
Chlorophyll Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Kinetics and Imaging
John F. Allen and Conrad W. Mullineaux
18. Non-photochemical Energy Dissipation Determined by Chlorophyll Fluorescence
Quenching: Characterization and Function
G. Heinrich Krause and Peter Jahns
19. Excess Light Stress: Multiple Dissipative Processes of Excess Excitation
Doug Bruce and Sergej Vasil’ev
20. Using Mutants to Understand Light Stress Acclimation in Plants
Talila Golan, Xiao-Ping Li, Patricia Müller-Moulé and Krishna K. Niyogi
21. Excess Light Stress: Probing Excitation Dissipation Mechanisms through Global
Analysis of Time- and Wavelength-Resolved Chlorophyll a Fluorescence
Adam M. Gilmore
22. Chlorophyll Fluorescence as a Tool to Monitor Plant Response to the Environment
William W. Adams III and Barbara Demmig-Adams
23. Plant Responses to Ultraviolet Radiation Stress
Manfred Tevini
24. Effects of Water Stress on the Photosynthetic Efficiency of Plants
Nikolai G Bukhov and Robert Carpentier
25. Chlorophyll a Fluorescence as a Probe of Heavy Metal Ion Toxicity
in Plants
Manoj K. Joshi and Prasanna Mohanty
26. Water and Solute Transport in Cyanobacteria as Probed by Chlorophyll Fluorescence
George C. Papageorgiou and Kostas Stamatakis
27. Assembly of Light-Harvesting Complexes of Photosystem II and the Role of
Chlorophyll b
J. Kenneth Hoober and Joan H. Argyroudi-Akoyunoglou
28. Light Adaptation and Senescence of the Photosynthetic Apparatus. Changes
in Pigment Composition, Chlorophyll Fluorescence Parameters and Photosynthetic
Activity
Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler and Fatbardha Babani
29. From Leaves to Ecosystems: Using Chlorophyll Fluorescence to Assess Photosynthesis
and Plant Function in Ecological Studies
Jeannine Cavender-Bares and Fakhri A. Bazzaz
30. Development and Application of Variable Chlorophyll Fluorescence Techniques
in Marine Ecosystems
Paul G. Falkowski, Michal Koblizek, Maxim Gorbunov and Zbigniew Kolber
31. Plant Productivity of Inland Waters
John A. Raven and Stephen C. Maberly
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10 February 2006 |
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