Table 1.

Photosynthetic electron fluxes and leaf parameters in transgenic and control plants

Parameter	Control	Control-level FeS	FeS-OE
Relative chlorophyll (SPAD)	50.79 ± 1.60	51.56 ± 1.61	51.78 ± 2.06
Leaf thickness, mm	0.76 ± 0.17	0.74 ± 0.12	0.72 ± 0.11
φPSII	0.598 ± 0.010	0.597 ± 0.004	0.624 ± 0.004*
φNPQ	0.205 ± 0.011	0.200 ± 0.005	0.182 ± 0.003*
φNO	0.197 ± 0.002	0.201 ± 0.001	0.194 ± 0.002
Chlorophyll (a+b), g m−2	0.39 ± 0.06		0.38 ± 0.05
Chlorophyll a/b	5.05 ± 0.13		5.10 ± 0.10
Rubisco, g m−2	0.35 ± 0.03		0.34 ± 0.02

“Control-level FeS”, T₂ plants of the line 230(4)-7 with the control plants-levels of Rieske FeS protein; “FeS-OE”, T₂ plants of the line 230(4)-7 with higher abundance of Rieske FeS per leaf area. MultispeQ measurements were performed at the incident irradiance of 200 µmol m⁻²s⁻¹, mean ± SE, n = 16 (4 biological replicates): φPSII quantum yield of PSII, φNPQ quantum yield of non-photochemical quenching, φNO quantum yield of non-regulatory energy dissipation, SPAD Soil Plant Analysis Development chlorophyll meter. Chlorophyll and Rubisco measurements are mean ± SE, n = 3 biological replicates. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences between transgenic and control plants (P < 0.05). Zero(Null)-segregates were used as control plants