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Table 1 Photosynthetic parameter of P. ternata under control and shade environments

From: Full-length transcriptome analysis of shade-induced promotion of tuber production in Pinellia ternata

Photosynthetic parameter

Light condition

Control

Shade

Chlorophyll a content (mg. g− 1 DM)

3.07 ± 0.17

4.88 ± 0.32*

Chlorophyll b content (mg. g−1 DM)

1.05 ± 0.11

2.11 ± 0.18*

Chlorophyll (a + b) content (mg. g−1 DM)

4.12 ± 0.28

6.99 ± 0.49*

Chlorophylla:b

2.93 ± 0.15

2.32 ± 0.08*

Initial fluorescence (F0)

219.54 ± 13.61

247.33 ± 11.90*

Maximal fluorescence (Fm)

1153.46 ± 162.29

1240.17 ± 6.39*

qP

0.91 ± 0.039

0.97 ± 0.012*

NPQ

0.027 ± 0.005

0.016 ± 0.008*

  1. Data are presented as means ± sd from three replicates with 30 explants in each replicate. * indicates significant difference between control and shade (P < 0.05)