Connection of the Photochemical Reflectance Index (PRI) with the Photosystem II Quantum Yield and Nonphotochemical Quenching Can Be Dependent on Variations of Photosynthetic Parameters among Investigated Plants: A Meta-Analysis
Abstract
The development of spectral methods of remote sensing, including measurement of a photochemical reflectance index (PRI), is a prospective trend in precision agriculture. There are many works which have investigated the connection between photosynthetic parameters and PRI; however, their results varied and were sometimes contradictory. For this paper, we performed a meta-analysis of works in this field. Here, only linear correlations of PRI with photosynthetic parameters—including quantum yield of photosystem II (ΔF/Fm’), nonphotochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence (NPQ), and light use efficiency (LUE)—were investigated. First, it was shown that the correlations were dependent on conditions of PRI measurements (leaf or canopy; artificial light or sunlight). Second, it was shown that a minimal level of the photosynthetic stress, and the variation of this level among investigated plants, can influence the linear correlation of PRI with ΔF/Fm’ and NPQ; the effect was dependent on conditions of measurements. In contrast, the distribution of LUE among plants did not influence its correlation with PRI. Thus, the meta-analysis shows that the distribution of photosynthetic parameters among investigated plants can be an important factor that influences the efficiency of remote sensing on the basis of the PRI measurement.
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