Table 2.

Pigment analysis during the first 6 h of HL.

	0 h	0.5 h	2 h	6 h
Chl a/b	3.210 ± 0.014	3.231 ± 0.005	3.240 ± 0.020	3.241 ± 0.006
Chl/Car	4.193 ± 0.007	4.036 ± 0.019	3.981 ± 0.017	3.740 ± 0.013
Neo/100 Chls	3.269 ± 0.139	3.440 ± 0.095	3.416 ± 0.080	3.613 ± 0.193
Vio/100 Chls	3.157 ± 0.181	1.930 ± 0.067	1.804 ± 0.081	1.822 ± 0.101
Ant/100 Chls	0.416 ± 0.015	0.634 ± 0.021	0.725 ± 0.017	1.001 ± 0.042
Lut/100 Chls	14.989 ± 0.654	15.921 ± 0.257	15.772 ± 0.338	16.218 ± 0.643
Zea/100 Chls	0.274 ± 0.015	1.129 ± 0.053	1.599 ± 0.154	2.296 ± 0.129
β-Car/100 Chls	1.739 ± 0.939	1.720 ± 0.372	1.797 ± 0.619	1.781 ± 1.125
Cars/100 Chls	23.846 ± 0.041	24.776 ± 0.118	25.116 ± 0.109	26.734 ± 0.096
(Z + 0.5 × A)/(Z + A + V)	0.125 ± 0.003	0.391 ± 0.004	0.474 ± 0.010	0.546 ± 0.002

Pigments were extracted from thylakoids from plants grown under GL200 and transferred for 0.5, 2 and 6 h. The chlorophyll a/b (Chl a/b) ratio and chlorophyll/carotenoid (Chl/Car) ratio was determined the same way from isolated thylakoid membranes in three different repetitions (n = 3). The same extracts were used for the quantification by HPLC of the carotenoids: neoxanthin (Neo), violaxanthin (Vio), anteraxanthin (Ant), zeaxanthin (Zea), lutein (Lut) and β-carotene (β-car). All carotenoids were calculated per 100 Chls.