Claim · model-written summary
Maize nonphotochemical quenching decreased markedly.
- Treatment
- pH 4.5 or 5.6 of simulated acid raine1
- Outcome
- nonphotochemical quenching of chlo rophyll fluorescence (NPQ)e0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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Verbatim
e0“nonphotochemical quenching of chlo rophyll fluorescence (NPQ) decreased markedly”
e1“leaves of maize grown at pH 4.5 or 5.6 of simulated acid rain”
Title
Effects of simulated acid rain on seed germination and seedling growth of three crops
Caixia Peng; Peng Changlian; Lin Guizhu; et al. Redai yaredai zhiwu xuebao 2003
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Simulated acid rain had no effect on rice seed germination.
- Intervention effect Simulated acid rain had no effect on wheat seed germination.
- Intervention effect Simulated acid rain significantly inhibited maize germination.
- Intervention effect Simulated acid rain inhibited rice seedling growth.
- Intervention effect Simulated acid rain inhibited wheat seedling growth.
- Intervention effect Simulated acid rain inhibited maize seedling growth.
- Intervention effect Biomass, chlorophyll and carotenoid content decreased in all three crops under simulated acid rain.
- Observation Chlorophyll a/b showed no obvious change in the three crops.
- Observation Maize Fv/Fm and photochemical quenching changed little at pH 4.5 or 5.6.