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thermal tolerance; evolution; temperature stress; fluorescence;
photosynthesis; F-v/F-m
Molecular chaperones; electron-transport; oxidative stress;
photosystem-ii; intraspecific variation; nontolerant variants;
leaf pubescence; expression; thermotolerance; plants
Abstract:
Evolutionary variation for accumulation of small heat shock protein (sHsp) may contribute to thermal niche differentiation between species. Here we examine temperature and time-course- dependent variation for sHsp accumulation in a recently diverged pai