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Photoprotection of green plants: a mechanism of ultra-fast thermal energy dissipation in desiccated lichens.
Planta - 1 Sept 2008
Heber Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
In order to survive sunlight in the absence of water, desiccation-tolerant green plants need to be protected against photooxidation. During drying of the chlorolichen Cladonia rangiformis and the cyanolichen Peltigera neckeri, chlorophyll fluorescence decreased and stable light-dependent charge separation in reaction centers of the photosynthetic apparatus was lost. The presence of light during desiccation...
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