Investigating on relationship between effective quantum efficiency and irradiance
Zi-Piao Ye, Shuang-Xi Zhou, Xiao-Long Yang, Hua-Jing Kang, Piotr Robakowski
The paper develops a new model to describe the relationship between effective quantum efficiency of PS II (ΦPSII) and irradiance, finding that ΦPSII decreases with increasing irradiance due to reduced effective absorption cross-section of photosynthetic pigments.
bioRxiv · Nov 20, 2017 · PreprintPlant Biology