Evaluation of a technique for the measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence from leaves exposed to continuous white light

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Abstract
An instrument for the generation and measurement of modulated chlorophyll fluorescence signals from leaves exposed to continuous, highintensity white light is described. Modulated fluorescence is generated in the leaf by pulsed diodes emitting low‐intensity yellow radiation and is detected with a photodiode whose output is fed to an amplifier locked in to the frequency of the lightemitting diodes. Comparisons are made between the modulated fluorescence signals measured with this instrument and the continuous fluorescence signals emitted from dark‐adapted leaf tissue and isolated thylakoids when photosynthetic activity is induced by exposure to a range of intensities of continuous broad‐band, blue‐green light. The modulated fluorescence signals were similar to the continuous fluorescence signals, but they were not always identical. The small differences between the two signals are mainly attributable to differences in the populations of chloroplasts being monitored in the two measurements as a result of differential penetration of the modulated and actinic light sources into the sample.

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