Photosynthetica 1998, 35(1):121-127 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1006886202444

Statistical properties of chlorophyll fluorescence induction parameters

D. Lazár1, J. Nauš1
1 Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Olomouc, the Czech Republic

Parameters of the fast chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence induction (the O-J-I-P curve) of plants of winter wheat grown in the field canopy were statistically tested for Gaussian distribution. Five different statistical methods showed that the obtained values did not obey the Gaussian distribution law. The presentation of the parameters with the help of the mean and standard deviation masks the information about statistical properties of the values. Thus, we recommend to present the parameters by means of median, quartiles, and minimum and maximum values rather than by means of the mean and standard deviation.

Additional key words: Gaussian distribution; leaf age; Triticum aestivum; wheat

Prepublished online: March 1, 1998; Published: January 1, 1998  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Lazár, D., & Nauš, J. (1998). Statistical properties of chlorophyll fluorescence induction parameters. Photosynthetica, 35(1), 121-127. doi: 10.1023/A:1006886202444
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. Govindjee: Sixty-three years since Kautsky: Chlerophyll a fluorescence.-Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 22: 131-160, 1995. Go to original source...
    2. Klinkovsky, T., Naus, J.: Sensitivity of the relative Fpl level of chlorophyll fluorescence induction in leaves to the heat stress. Photosynth. Res. 39: 201-204, 1994. Go to original source...
    3. Kotz, S., Johnson, N.L., Read, C.B.: Encyclopaedia of Statistical Science.-Wiley Interscience Publication, New York 1989.
    4. Lichrenthaler, H.K. (ed.): Vegetation Stress.-Gustav Fisher, Stuttgart-Jena-New York 1996.
    5. Motulsky, H.: Intuitive Biostatistics.-Oxford University Press, London 1995.
    6. Schreiber, U., Armond, P.A.: Heat-induced changes of chlorophyll fluorescence in isolated chloroplasts and related heat damage at the pigment level.-Biochim. biophys. Acta 502: 138-151, 1978. Go to original source...
    7. Sprinthall, R.C.: Basic statistical analysis.-Allyn & Bacon Publishing, New York 1996.
    8. Strasser, R.J., Govindjee: The F1 and the O-J-I-P fluorescence rise in higher plants and algae.-In: Argyroudi-Akoyunoglou, J.H. (ed.): Regulation of Chloroplast Biogenesis. Pp. 423-426. Plenum Press, New York 1992a. Go to original source...
    9. Strasser, R.J., Govindjee: On the O-J-I-P fluorescence transient in leaves and DI mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.-In: Murata, N. (ed.): Research in Photosynthesis. Vol. II. Pp. 29-32. Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht-Boston-London 1992b.
    10. Triola, M.F.: Elementary Statistics.-Benjamin/Commings Publishing Co., New York 1989.
    11. Zadoks, J.C., Chang, T.T., Konzak, C.F.: A decimal code for the growth stages of cereals.-Weed Res. 14: 415-421, 1974. Go to original source...

    Return to the content