An LED-based fluorometer for chlorophyll quantification in the laboratory and in the field

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-68

  Lamb, Jacob J ^a   Eaton Rye, Julian J ^a   Hohmann Marriott, Martin F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Fluorometer; Light emitting diode; Portable

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FLUORESCENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; LIRIODENDRON; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SYNECHOCYSTIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; LIGHT; LIRIODENDRON; LOLIUM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84866698988     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-012-9777-y     Document Type: Article

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