Study of temperature influence on electron transport in higher plants via delayed luminescence method: experiment, theory

The temperature dependence of steady-state millisecond delayed luminescence (DL) is studied within the temperature range from −23 to 45 °C in leaf segments of chinese rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.) and bean (Ficia faba). To describe the experimental dependence of DL steady-state intensity on temperature theoretically, we suggest the temperature dependences of rate constants in earlier proposed model of photosynthesis. Under these conditions, the temperature dependence of DL steady-state value has the same form as experimental curve.