biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 36:209-214, 1994

Influence of water stress on photosynthesis and variable chlorophyll fluorescence of potato leaves

J. Zrůst2, K. Vacek1, J. Hála1, I. Janáčková2, F. Adamec1, M. Ambrož1, J. Dian1, M. Vácha1
1 Department of Chemical Physics, Charles University, Prague 2, Czech Republic
2 Potato Research Institute, Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic

Net photosynthetic rate (PN), productivity and the first phases of the fluorescence induction curve were investigated in leaves of two potato cultivars exposed to water stress. Water stress applied to potato plants at the beginning of their development (planting-bud formation) increased productivity but decreased PN and variable fluorescence (Fv) of leaves. The short-term influence of water stress on the same plants also diminished the Fv.

Received: April 6, 1993; Accepted: September 3, 1993; Published: June 1, 1994  Show citation

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Zrůst, J., Vacek, K., Hála, J., Janáčková, I., Adamec, F., Ambrož, M., Dian, J., & Vácha, M. (1994). Influence of water stress on photosynthesis and variable chlorophyll fluorescence of potato leaves. Biologia plantarum, 36(2), 209-214
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