Phytochrome determinations at 730/800 nm were performed on de-etiolated turnip (Brassica rapa L.) cotyledons in which chlorophyll (Chl) content had been reduced experimentally to varying degrees by pre-treatment with high temperature (HT), or transfer to 3% ethanol. The magnitude of detectable phyto
Chlorophyll interference with phytochrome measurement
β Scribed by Ann M. Jose; Daphne Vince-Prue; Janet R. Hilton
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 395 KB
- Volume
- 135
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0032-0935
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β¦ Synopsis
Measurements of phytochrome by A (AA725.s 15 nn0 were completely suppressed at chlorophyll concentrations of the order of 20-40gg g 1 f.wt. in vivo and 37lag cm -3 in vitro, and the readings were reduced by 50% at only 12~tg cm -3 in vitro. At these concentrations of chlorophyll in aqueous methanol, the loss of phytochrome signal in vitro appeared to be due to failure of phytochrome photoconversion rather than to interference with AA measurement by chlorophyll fluorescence in the 725/815 nm measuring beam.
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