Lichtenthaler H.K. (ed.) Applications of Chlorophyll Fluorescene in Photosynthesis Research, Stress Physiology, Hydrobiology and Remote Sensing

Kluwer, 1988. — 355 p.This book is a general introduction into in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence and contains the contributions of the first International Chlorophyll Fluorescence Symposium helding the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, F. R. G. from June 6 to 8, 1988. This Symposium was made possible by a generous support from the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation, Hanau, which is gratefully acknowledged. The book not only comprises all aspects of the applications of chlorophyll fluorescence in photosynthesis, stress physiol­ogy, hydrobiology and remote sensing, but also gives access to measuring techniques, data acquisition and earlier literature references. Thus it is far more than just a common proceedings book, it is a general introduction to all forms of application of the non-destructive in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence including the newest results. In a first chapter the inverse correlation between in vivo chlorophyll fluorescence and photosynthetic quantum convers ion and CO2 assimilation is outlined, the origin and life-time of the chlorophyll fluorescence at room and liquid nitrogen temperatures are given as well as the induction kinetics (Kautsky effect) and the methodological approaches to register different forms of chlorophyll-fluorescence signatures.