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Effects of bisphenol A on chlorophyll fluorescence in five plants

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on plant photosynthesis and determine whether the photosynthetic response to BPA exposure varies in different plants. Chlorophyll fluorescence techniques were used to investigate the effects of BPA on chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum), lettuce (Lactuca sativa), soybean (Glycine max), maize (Zea mays), and rice (Oryza sativa) seedlings. Low-dose (1.5 or 3.0 mg L−1) BPA exposure improved photosystem II efficiency, increased the absorption and conversion efficiency of primary light energy, and accelerated photosynthetic electron transport in each plant, all of which increased photosynthesis. These effects weakened or disappeared after the withdrawal of BPA. High-dose (10.0 mg L−1) BPA exposure damaged the photosystem II reaction center, inhibited the photochemical reaction, and caused excess energy to be released as heat. These effects were more evident after the highest BPA dose (17.2 mg L−1), but they weakened after the withdrawal of BPA. The magnitude of BPA exposure effects on the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in the five plants followed the order: lettuce > tomato > soybean > maize > rice. The opposite order was observed following the removal of BPA. In conclusion, the chlorophyll fluorescence response in plants exposed to BPA depended on BPA dose and plant species.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support of the Natural Science Foundation of China (31170477), the National Water Pollution Control and Management Technology Major Project (2012ZX07101_013), and the Research and Innovation Project for Postgraduate of Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province in 2014 (KYLX_1160).

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    Jiazhi Zhang, Lihong Wang, Man Li, Liya Jiao & Qing Zhou

  2. Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210046, China

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Zhang, J., Wang, L., Li, M. et al. Effects of bisphenol A on chlorophyll fluorescence in five plants. Environ Sci Pollut Res 22, 17724–17732 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5003-8

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