<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seasonal changes in xanthophyll composition and photosynthesis of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) leaves under mediterranean climate</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Experimental Botany</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1997</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">48</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1667-1674</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seasonal changes in pigment composition of sun and shade leaves of cork oak (Quercus suber) were studied under field conditions in Portugal. Expanding leaves showed a high concentration of xanthophyll cycle components, violaxanthin, antheraxanthin and zeaxanthin. The pool of violaxanthin plus antheraxanthin plus zeaxanthin (V+A+Z) varied greatly between the seasons, being higher at the end of summer and in winter when photosynthesis was limited by water stress and cold, respectively. The size of V+A+Z pool was associated to synthesis of zeaxanthin in response to an excess of light. In sun leaves, midday A+Z relative content was positively correlated with the V+A+Z pool, whereas in shade leaves A+Z decreased with leaf ageing. In both leaf types A+Z was positively correlated with the non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) of chlorophyll a fluorescence. However, in winter NPQ did not change significantly throughout the day, whereas the (A+Z)/(V+A+Z) increased following the typical daily trend observed in other seasons.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.1093/jxb/48.9.1667</style></notes><research-notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.1093/jxb/48.9.1667</style></research-notes></record></records></xml>