Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 12, Issue 8, 080101(2014)

Measurement of algae PSII photosynthetic parameters using high-frequency excitation flashes

Chaoyi Shi, Yujun Zhang, Gaofang Yin, Nanjing Zhao, Jingbo Duan, Xiaoya Yu, Xue Xiao, Tingting Gan, Li Fang, and Wenqing Liu

We establish a system to measure the functional absorption cross section of photosystem II (PSII) (\sigma PSII) and maximum quantum yield of photochemistry in PSII (Fv/Fm). The system utilizes a sequence of high-frequency excitation flashes at microsecond intervals to induce a microsecond-level fluorescence yield curve. Parameters \sigma PSII and Fv/Fm are calculated by fitting the curve using nonlinear regression. Experimental results show that the relative standard deviation (RSD) of the system is less than 3%, and the correlation coefficient of Fv/Fm values measured by this system and those measured by pulse amplitude modulation method is 0.950.

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Chaoyi Shi, Yujun Zhang, Gaofang Yin, Nanjing Zhao, Jingbo Duan, Xiaoya Yu, Xue Xiao, Tingting Gan, Li Fang, Wenqing Liu. Measurement of algae PSII photosynthetic parameters using high-frequency excitation flashes[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2014, 12(8): 080101

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Category: Atmospheric and oceanic optics

Received: Feb. 25, 2014

Accepted: Apr. 23, 2014

Published Online: Jul. 31, 2014

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DOI:10.3788/col201412.080101

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