Improving the estimation of mesophyll conductance to CO2: On the role of electron transport rate correction and respiration

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3285-3298

  Martins, Samuel C V ^a   Galmés, Jeroni ^b   Molins, Arántzazu ^b   Damatta, Fábio M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

A Ci curve fitting; chlorophyll fluorescence; Coffea arabica; Limonium gibertii; Nicotiana tabacum; variable J method.

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

A/C I CURVE FITTING; ARTICLE; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; COFFEE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIMONIUM GIBERTII; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLUMBAGINACEAE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOBACCO; VARIABLE J METHOD.;

A/C I CURVE FITTING; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; COFFEA ARABICA; LIMONIUM GIBERTII; NICOTIANA TABACUM; VARIABLE J METHOD.;

CHLOROPHYLL; COFFEA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLUMBAGINACEAE; TOBACCO;

EID: 84882440464     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert168     Document Type: Article

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