Arabidopsisplants grown in the field and climate chambers significantly differ in leaf morphology and photosystem components

Table 3 Variation in chlorophyll, leaf traits, Lhca 5, ELIP I, ELIP II, non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) and state transition parameters

Parameters	HL (short day)	HL(long day)	Field
Leaf area (mm²)	531.28 ± 123.73	175.608 ± 40.40	61.75 ± 30.01
Leaf length (mm)	37.96 ± 5.05	20.76 ± 2.65	11.10 ± 3.04
Leaf width (mm)	18.39 ± 2.59	11.55 ± 1.24	7.0 ± 2.1
Leaf width: Leaf length ratio	0.48 ± 0.017	0.56 ± 0.03	0.63 ± 0.15
Chlorophyll content μg cm^-2	28.23 ± 2.96	15.23 ± 0.57	18.76 ± 0.23
Chl a/b	2.96 ± 0.18	3.56 ± 0.18	3.70 ± 0.10
Lhca5	38.49 ± 2.20	33.93 ± 1.30	9.36 ± 0.65
ELIP I	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	63.14 ± 3.34
ELIPII	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	22.77 ± 2.45
Fv/Fm	0.84 ± 0.005	0.84 ± 0.007	0.81 ± 0.009
NPQ	2.15 ± 0.13	2.53 ± 0.29	3.10 ± 0.25
qE	1.97 ± 0.11	2.35 ± 0.12	2.92 ± 0.23
qS	0.73 ± 0.05	0.69 ± 0.02	0.72 ± 0.08
qT	0.049 ± 0.014	0.044 ± 0.004	0.058 ± 0.011
t_1/2(s)	158.46 ± 1.30	166.05 ± 1.91	115.0 ± 4.35

Plants grown in climate chambers under high light (600 μmol quanta m^-2 s^-1) short day (SD), long day (LD) and under field conditions. Data presented as means ± SD (n ≥ 3)

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