Chin J Plant Ecol ›› 2007, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 982-987.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2007.0125

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A REVIEW OF PROGRESS IN STUDIES OF PLANT ECOPHYSIOLOGY: CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION

ZHANG Shou-Ren1, FAN Da-Yong1,*(), Reto J. Strasser2   

  1. 1Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
    2Bioenergetics Laboratory, University of Geneva, Jussy-Geneva, CH-1254, Switzerland
  • Received:2006-10-30 Accepted:2007-03-27 Online:2007-09-30 Published:2007-09-30
  • Contact: FAN Da-Yong

Abstract:

Development of modern plant ecophysiology is synchronous with progress in instrumentation, with higher quality instruments becoming more portable, capable and automatic. The progress of instrumentation and its important effects on the development of ecophysiology of photosynthesis are described, and problems with controlled experiments and pseudo-replication in experimental design are discussed.

Key words: plant ecophysiology, instrumentation progress, controlled environment