Nondestructive and intuitive determination of circadian chlorophyll rhythms in soybean leaves using multispectral imaging.

ABSTRACT: The circadian clock, synchronized by daily cyclic environmental cues, regulates diverse aspects of plant growth and development and increases plant fitness. Even though much is known regarding the molecular mechanism of circadian clock, it remains challenging to quantify the temporal variation of major photosynthesis products as well as their metabolic output in higher plants in a real-time, nondestructive and intuitive manner. In order to reveal the spatial-temporal scenarios of photosynthesis and yield formation regulated by circadian clock, multispectral imaging technique has been employed for nondestructive determination of circadian chlorophyll rhythms in soybean leaves. By utilizing partial least square regression analysis, the determination coefficients R(2), 0.9483 for chlorophyll

SUBMITTER: Pan WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4461922 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature