Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Pages: 439-442

Journal: Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volume number: 179

Issue number: 4

ISSN: 1436-8730

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201600081

Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag

Abstract: 
A conventional photometric method to determine chlorophyll concentrations in maize leaves was evaluated. It was tested whether in Mg-deficient plant tissue the addition of MgCO3 during pigment extraction converts protoporphyrin IX into chlorophyll, falsifying concentration measurements. The non-destructive N-tester was used as a reference for the destructive chlorophyll determination. It is shown that both methods are valid for the determination of chlorophyll concentration in Mg-deficient leaves.

Harvard Citation style: Jung, S., Krippner, J. and Schubert, S. (2016) Is the photometric method using acetone extracts to determine chlorophyll concentrations applicable to Mg-deficient plants?, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science = Zeitschrift für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde, 179(4), pp. 439-442. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201600081

APA Citation style: Jung, S., Krippner, J., & Schubert, S. (2016). Is the photometric method using acetone extracts to determine chlorophyll concentrations applicable to Mg-deficient plants?. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science = Zeitschrift für Pflanzenernährung und Bodenkunde. 179(4), 439-442. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.201600081