Chloroplast pigments in post-fire-grown cryptophytes on Vidlič Mountain (Southeastern Serbia)
2012
Marković, M.S., Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Niš (Serbia) | Pavlović, D.V., Faculty of Sciences, Kragujevac (Serbia) | Tošić, S.M., Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Niš (Serbia) | Stankov-Jovanović, V.P., Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Niš (Serbia) | Krstić, N.S., Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Niš (Serbia) | Stamenković, S.M., Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Niš (Serbia) | Mitrović, T.Lj., Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Niš (Serbia) | Marković, V.Lj., Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Niš (Serbia)
In this study the content of chloroplast pigments (chlorophyll a, b, a+b, and carotenoids) in the leaves of Geranium macrorrhizum L., Doronicum columnae Ten., Aegopodium podagraria L. and Tussilago farfara L. from a beech forest that had undergone fire on Vidlič Mountain was determined. The same species of plants from a place that had not been exposed to fire were taken as controls. Chloroplast pigments were determined from acetone extracts of these plants spectrophotometrically. In the first year after the fire the content of chlorophyll a, b and a+b in Geranium macrorrhizum L. and Doronicum columnae Ten. was greater than in the plants not exposed to fire. The results were the opposite for Aegopodium podagraria L. and Tussilago farfara L. These differences can be attributed to the different physiology of the plants and consequently their different adaptation patterns. The carotenoid content was higher in the plant species at the fire site than in the area not exposed to fire.
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