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. 1999 Mar;119(3):1101–1106. doi: 10.1104/pp.119.3.1101

Table I.

Quantum yield of PSII in dark-adapted leaves, Fv/Fm, qP, and Φexc of controls, salt-stressed, rewatered, and rewatered-plus-bag (C, SS, R, RB, respectively) spinach leaves at the 22-, 43-, and 50-d samplings

Leaf Type Days
Fv/Fm
qP
Φexc
22 43 50 22 43 50 22 43 50
C 0.79a 0.76a 0.77a 0.63a 0.53a 0.50a 0.56a 0.45a 0.53a
SS 0.77a 0.73ab 0.70b 0.54b 0.17d 0.17b 0.41b 0.29bc 0.29bc
R 0.77a 0.72ab 0.76a 0.55b 0.46ab 0.47a 0.38b 0.45a 0.50a
RB 0.77a 0.72ab 0.70b 0.50b 0.33c 0.20b 0.43b 0.36b 0.36b

The photochemical parameters were measured on the same five leaves from different plants for each treatment. Means and mean separation between columns (Tukey’s test, 5% level of confidence) are reported. Leaves were exposed to ambient CO2 and O2 concentration and to 1200 μmol photons m−2 s−1.