Photosynthetic acclimation responses of maize seedlings grown under artificial laboratory light gradients mimicking natural canopy conditions

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Hirth, Matthias ^a   Dietzel, Lars ^a,b   Steiner, Sebastian ^a,c   Ludwig, Robert ^a   Weidenbach, Hannah ^a   Pfalz, Jeannette ^a   Pfannschmidt, Thomas ^a,d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Klein Wanzlebener Saatzucht Saat AG   (Germany)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Light acclimation; Light quality; Maize fields; Photosynthesis; Redox regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900855102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00334     Document Type: Article

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