Nonphotochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching: Mechanism and effectiveness in protecting plants from photodamage

Plant Physiology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1903-1916

  Ruban, Alexander V ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; PHOTOSYSTEM II;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYSTEM II;

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX;

EID: 84962082631     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.01935     Document Type: Article

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