Table I. Changes in Lx and V cycle pigments in attached mature leaves of shade-grown avocado following light treatments (1 h at 223 ± 27 μmol photons m⁻² s⁻¹) in nine experiments.

Values shown are means ± se (n = 9–13, with two to three replicate leaves in each experiment).

Parameter	Pigment
		ΔLx	ΔL	ΔV	ΔA+Z
	mmol mol−1 chlorophyll
Deepoxidation (1 h)	−11.8 ± 2.1	+10.2 ± 0.6	−12.5 ± 1.1	+11.7 ± 1.1
	A+Z	A+Z/V+A+Z		Fv/Fm
Epoxidation (>24 h)
Initial dark control	0.8 ± 0.3	0.03 ± 0.01		0.808 ± 0.002
After treatment	12.5 ± 0.6	0.37 ± 0.03		0.787 ± 0.002
After recovery	3.4 ± 0.6	0.11 ± 0.03		0.789 ± 0.003