Correlations between delayed fluorescence of chlorophyll, metabolism and yield of plants. I. Influence of fertilizers on correlations

Armen B. Avagyan

Research and Industry Center of Photosynthesising Organisms, Fееd Additives and Physiologically Active Compounds, Yerevan, Armenia.

DOI: 10.4236/jbpc.2010.11005                

Abstract

The increase of the potash fertilizer dose in-duced a raise in efficiency influence of the ni-trogen fertilizer, optimisation of phosphorous fertilizer effect, enhancement of leaf protein production, expansion of assimilating surface and yield growth. In the period of yield forma-tion, the parameters of delayed fluorescence of chlorophyll (DF) of leaf wholly corresponded with key factors that had a dramatic influence on the effectiveness of yield formation. The maximum level of DF amplitude mostly de-pended on the activity of nitrogen metabolism and presumably on active PSII concentration changes per square unit. Half-decay time of this amplitude was predominantly identified by the level of carbohydrate metabolism in the overall plant system, including the quantity of its products and, therefore, mostly by correspon-dence with yield. This is a biological base trig-gering the use of DF parameters for system analyses of plant production process.

Keywords

Delayed Fluorescence of Chlorophyll; Metabolism; Nitrogen; Phosphorus and Potash Fertilizers; Moisture; Poisonous; Yield

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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