Selected scientific publications of H.K. Lichtenthaler

Historical Review Articles

• LICHTENTHALER H.K. (1986) The Birth of the Federation of the European Societies of Plant Physiology (FESPP). Karlsruhe Contrib. Plant Physiology 14, 1-15, + 67 pages with 26 Appendices including Letters, Reports, Scientific Programs (ISSN 0173-3133)
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1990) Zur Geschichte der Rhein-Mainischen Botaniker-Kolloquien, Karlsruher Beiträge Pflanzenphysiol. 17, 116-146. +verkürzte Fassung in: Botanica Acta 103, A₃-A₄.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1990), 20 Jahre Botanik II Karlsruhe, Karlsruher Beiträge Pflanzen-physiologie 17, 1-85.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1992) The Kautsky effect: 60 years of chlorophyll fluorescence induction kinetics. Photosynthetica 27, 45-55
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (2000), 30 Jahre Botanik II Karlsruhe, Karlsruher Beiträge Pflanzen-physiologie 37, 1- 198.
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2000) Arbeitstagungen Photosynthese (Photosynthese Workshops,  Treffen der „Südschiene“). Karlsruher Beiträge Pflanzenphysiologie 37, 100.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K.  (2000) Discovery of the two parallel pathways for isoprenoid biosynthesis in plants. In: Discoveries in Plant Biology, Vol. III (Shain-Dow Kung and Shang-Fa Yang, eds.), pp. 141-161. World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, New Jersey
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (2003) Twelve years of book reviews in the Journal of Plant Physiology. J. Plant Physiol. 160, 103-104.
   
• LICHTENTHALER; H.K. (2004) A history of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Physiology FESPP since its formation in 1978 – including notes on events preceding the foundation and following re-naming as the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB) in 2002. J. Plant Physiol. 161, 635-639.
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2000) Internationale Symposien über Pflanzenlipide. Karlsruher Beiträge Pflanzenphysiol. 37, 97-99.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (2004) Thirty years of international symposia on plant lipids. In: Biacs, P. and Gerely, P. (eds.) Proceedings of the 16^th Plant Lipid Symposium, pp. I – XXXI. Mete Publisher, Budapest. Electronic Book
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (2004) Evolution of carotenoid and sterol biosynthesis in photosyn-thetic and non-photosynthetic organisms. In: Biacs, P. and Gerely, P. (eds.) Proceedings of the 16^th Plant Lipid Symposium, pp. 11 – 24. Mete Publisher, Budapest.
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K (2010) Development of Biology at the University of Karlsruhe  1832 - 2010, pages 1 – 7, PDF.
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K., BUCHANAN B.B., DOUCE R, GOVINDJEE (2015) Andrew A. Benson, 1917 – 2015. Photosynth. Res. 124:131-135.
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2015) Fifty five years of research on photosynthesis, chloroplasts and stress physiology of plants 1958-2013. Progress in Botany 76:3-42 (U. Lüttge, W. Beyschlag, eds.), Springer International Publishing Switzerland. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08807-5_1
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2016): Peter Heinrich Böger, 1935–2015; Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C. Band 71, Heft 9-10, Seiten 287–293, ISSN (Online) 1865-7125, ISSN (Print) 0939-5075, August 2016
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2017) Geschichte der Sektion Pflanzenphysiologie und Molekularbiologie der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 
   
• LICHTENTHALER HK, Hell R (2018) Obituary and Tribute: Martin Bopp, 1923 – 2018. J Plant Physiol 230, 122-125. ( https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2018.10.016 )
   
• Joyard J, LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2019) Tribute Roland Douce, 1939 – 2018. Photosynth. Research. 141:131-142.( https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-019-00634-9 )
   
• Govindjee, Nonomura A, LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2020) Remembering Melvin Calvin (1911-1997), a highly versatile scientist of the 20th century.Photosyn. Research. ( https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-019-00693-y )
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2020) My contact and cooperation with Govindjee over the last five decades: Chlorophyll fluorescence and Rebeiz Foundation. Photosynthetica 58 (4), 976-983. DOI: 10.32615/ps.2020.055

Isoprenoid-Biosynthesis in Chloroplasts (DOXP/MEP Pathway of IPP Biosynthesis)

Reviews

• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1998) The plants' 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phospate pathway for biosynthesis of isoprenoids. Fett/Lipid 100, 128-138 (1998).
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1999) The 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis in plants. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 50, 47-65.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K (2010): The non-mevalonate DOXP/MEP (Deoxyxylulose 5-Phosphate/Methylerythritol 4-Phosphate) pathway of chloroplast isoprenoid and pigment biosynthesis. In:  Rebeiz C, Bohnert H, Benning C, Daniell H, Hoober K, Lichtenthaler HK, Portis AR and Tripathy BC (Eds.), The Chloroplast: Basics and Applications, Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Volume 31, Chapter 7, pp. 95-118. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2010) Biosynthesis and emission of isoprene, methylbutanol and other volatile plant isoprenoids. In: The Chemistry and Biology of Volatiles, A. Herrmann (ed), Chapter 2, pp. 11-47. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, United Kingdom.

Original papers

• SCHWENDER, J., LICHTENTHALER, H.K., SEEMANN, M. and ROHMER, M. (1995) Biosynthesis of isoprenoid chains of chlorophylls and plastoquinone in Scenedesmus by a novel pathway. In: (Mathis, P., ed.), Photosynthesis: from Light to Biosphere, pp. 1001-1004. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Amsterdam.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., SCHWENDER, J., SEEMANN, M. and ROHMER, M. (1995) Carotenoid biosynthesis in green algae proceeds via a novel biosynthetic pathway. In: (Mathis, P., ed.), Photosynthesis: from Light to Biosphere, pp. 115-118. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Amsterdam.
   
• SCHWENDER, J., M. SEEMANN, H.K. LICHTENTHALER, and M. ROHMER (1996) Biosynthesis of isoprenoids (carotenoids, sterols, prenyl side-chains of chlorophyll and plastoquinone) via a novel pyruvate/glycero-aldehyde-3-phosphate non-mevalonate pathway in the green alga Scenedesmus. Biochem. J. 316, 73-80.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., M. ROHMER, and J. SCHWENDER (1997) Two independent biochemical pathways for isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) and isoprenoid biosynthesis in higher plants. Physiologia Plantarum 101, 643-652.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., J. SCHWENDER, A. DISCH, and M. ROHMER (1997) Biosynthesis of isoprenoids in higher plant chloroplasts proceeds via a mevalonate independent pathway. FEBS Letters 400, 271-274.
   
• ZEIDLER, J.G., H.K. LICHTENTHALER, H.U. MAY, and F.W. LICHTENTHALER (1997) Is isoprene emitted by plants synthesized via the novel isopentenylpyrophosphate pathway? Z. Naturforsch. 52c, 15-23.
   
• SCHWENDER, J., J. ZEIDLER, R. GRÖNER, C. MÜLLER, M. FOCKE, S. BRAUN, F.W. LICHTENTHALER, and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1997) Incorporation of 1-deoxy-d-xylulose into isoprene and phytol by higher plants and algae. FEBS Letters 414, 129-134.
   
• ZEIDLER, J.G., J. SCHWENDER, C. MÜLLER, J. WIESNER, C. WEIDEMEYER, E. BECK, H. JOMAA, and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1998) Inhibition of the non-mevalonate 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate pathway of plant isoprenoid biosynthesis by fosmidomycin. Z. Naturforsch. 53 c, 980-986.
   
• DISCH, A., J. SCHWENDER, C. MÜLLER, H.K. LICHTENTHALER, M. ROHMER (1998) Distribution of the mevalonate and glyceraldehyde phosphate/pyruvate pathways for isoprenoid biosynthesis in unicellular algae and the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6714. Biochem. J. 333, 381-388.
   
• SCHWENDER, J., C. MÜLLER, J. ZEIDLER, and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1999) Cloning and heterologous expression of a cDNA encoding 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase of Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Letters 455, 140-144.
   
• JOMAA, H., J. WIESNER, S. SANDERBRAND, B. ALTINCICEK, C. WEIDEMEYER, M. HINTZ, I. TÜRBACHOVA, M. EBERL, J. ZEIDLER, H.K. LICHTENTHALER, D. SOLDATI and E. BECK (1999) Inhibitors of the non-mevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis as antimalarial drugs. Science 285, 1573-1576.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., J. ZEIDLER, J. SCHWENDER and C. MÜLLER (2000) The non-mevalonate isoprenoid biosynthesis of plants as a test-system for new herbicides and drugs against pathogenic bacteria and the malaria parasite. Z. Naturforsch. 55c, 305-313.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (2000) The non-mevalonate isoprenoid biosynthesis: enzymes, genes and inhibitors. Biochem. Soc. Transactions 28,787-792.
   
• MÜLLER, C., J. SCHWENDER, J. ZEIDLER and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (2000) Properties and inhibition of the first two enzymes of the non-mevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis. Biochem. Soc. Transactions 28, 794-795.
   
• ZEIDLER J. and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (2001) Biosynthesis of 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol emitted from needles of Pinus ponderosa via the non-mevalonate DOXP/MEP pathway of isoprenoid formation. Planta  213, 323-326.
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2004) Evolution of carotenoid and sterol biosynthesis in photosyn-thetic and non-photosynthetic organisms. In: Biacs, P. and Gerely, P. (eds.) Proceedings of the 16^th Plant Lipid Symposium, pp. 11 – 24. Mete Publisher, Budapest. Electronic book

Photosynthesis Research

Reviews

• LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2007) Biosynthesis, accumulation and emission of carotenoids, α-tocopherol, plastoquinone and isoprene in leaves under high photosynthetic irradiance. Photosynth. Research 92: 163-179.
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2012) Biosynthesis, localization and concentration of carotenoids in green plants and algae. In: “Photosynthesis: Plastid Biology, Energy Conversion and Carbon Assimilation”, J J. Eaton-Rye, B. C. Tripathy and T. D. Sharkey (eds), Chapter 4, pp. 95 – 112 (Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Nr.34), Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Original papers

• LICHTENTHALER, H. K., and R.B. PARK (1963) Chemical composition of chloroplast lamellae from spinach. Nature 198, 1070-1072.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K., and M. CALVIN (1964) Quinone and pigment composition of chloroplasts and quantasome aggregates from Spinacia oleracea. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 79, 30-40.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, HK.: Plastoglobuli and the fine structure of plastids.Endeavour, Vol. XXVII, 144-149 (1968)
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1969) Light-stimulated synthesis of plastid quinones and pigments in etiolated barley seedlings. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 184, 164-172.
   
• PFISTER, K., BUSCHMANN C. and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1974) Inhibition of the photosynthetic electron transport by bentazon. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Photosynthesis, Vol. I, pp. 675-681, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1975) Regulation of prenyl chain synthesis in etiolated Hordeum seedlings by far-red and white light. Physiol. Plant. 33, 241-244.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. and KLEUDGEN, H. K. (1975) Phytochromsystem und Lipochinon-synthese in den Plastiden etiolierter Hordeum-Keimlinge. Z. Naturforsch. 30c, 64-66.
   
• KLEUDGEN, H. K. und LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1975) Die Wirkung von Phytochrom auf die Bildung von Einzelcarotinoiden in etiolierten Hordeum-Keimlingen. Z. Naturforsch. 30c, 67-68.
   
• INTERSCHICK-NIEBLER, E. and LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1981) Partition of phylloquinone K1 between digitonin particles and chlorophyll-proteins of chloroplast membranes from Nicotina tabacum. Z. Naturforsch. 36c, 276-283.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. and BECKER, K. (1975) The influence of continuous far-red and white light
   
• BUSCHMANN C., MEIER D., KLEUDGEN H.K. and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1978) Regulation of chloroplasts development by red and blue light. Photochemistry and Photobiology 27, 195-198.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. and SUNDQVIST, C. (1979) Association of plastoquinone-9 and phylloquinones K1 with photoconvertible protochlorophyllide holochrome. Physiol. Plant. 45, 381-386.
   
• LICHTENTHALER HK., PRENZEL U., DOUCE R. and JOYARD,J. (1981) Localization of prenylquinones in the envelope of spinach chloroplasts. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 641, 99-105.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K., BUSCHMANN, C., DÖLL, M., FIETZ, H.-J., BACH, T., KOZEL, U, MEIER, D. and RAHMSDORF, U. (1981) Photosynthetic activity, chloroplast ultrastructure, and leaf characteristics of high-light and low-light plants and of sun and shade leaves. Photosynthesis Research 2, 115-141.
   
• MEIER, D. and LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1981) Ultrastructural development of chloroplasts in radish seedlings grown at high and low light conditions and in the presence of the herbicide  bentazon. Protoplasma 107, 195-207.
   
• PFISTER, K., LICHTENTHALER, H. K., BURGER, G., MUSSO, H. and ZAHN, M. (1981) The inhibition of photosynthetic light reactions by halogenated naphthoquinones. Z. Naturforsch. 36c, 645-655.
   
• LICHTENTHALER. H. K., PRENZEL, U. and KUHN, G. (1982) Carotenoid composition of chlorophyll-carotenoid-proteins from radish chloroplasts. Z. Naturforsch. 37c, 10-12.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, HK., KUHN, G., PRENZEL, U. and MEIER, D. (1982) Chlorophyll-protein levels and stacking degree of thylakoids in radish chloroplasts from high-light, low-light and bentazon-treated plants. Physiol. Plant. 56, 183-188.
   
• SCHINDLER, C., REITH, P. and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1994) Differential levels of carotenoids and decrease of zeaxanthin cycle performance during leaf development in a green and an aurea variety of tobacco. J. Plant Physiol.143, 500-507 (1994).
   
• SCHINDLER, C. and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1994) Is there a correlation between light-induced zeaxanthin accumulation and quenching of variable chlorophyll a fluorescence? Plant Physiol. Biochem. 32: 813-823.
   
• SCHINDLER, C. and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1996) Photosynthetic CO2 assimilation, chlorophyll fluorescence and zeaxanthin accumulation in field-grown maple trees in the course of a sunny and a cloudy day. J. Plant Physiol. 148, 399-412 (1996).
   
• BABANI, F. and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1996) Light-induced and age-dependent development of chloroplasts in etiolated barley leaves as visualized by determination of photosynthetic pigments, CO₂ assimilation rates and different kinds of chlorophyll fluorescence ratios. J. Plant Physiol. 148, 555-566.
   
• CSINTALAN, Z., Z. TUBA, Z. NAGY, H.K. LICHTENTHALER, and J. GRACE (1996) Reconstitution of photosynthesis upon rehyration in the desiccated leaves of the poikilo-chlorophyllouos shrub Xerophyta scabrida at elevated CO₂. J. Plant Physiol. 148, 345-350 (1996).
   
• NAGY, Z., Z. TAKÁCS, K. SZENTE, Z. CSINTALAN, H.K. LICHTENTHALER, and Z. TUBA (1998) Limitations of net CO₂ uptake in plant species of a temperate dry loess grassland. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 36, 753-758.
   
• SARIJEVA G., KNAPP M., LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2007) Differences in photosynthetic activity, chlorophyll and carotenoid levels, and in chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in green sun and shade leaves of Ginkgo and Fagus. J. Plant Physiology 164, 950 - 955.
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K., AC A., MAREK M.V., KALINA J., URBAN O. (2007) Differences in pigment composition, photosynthetic rates and chlorophyll fluorescence images of sun and shade leaves of four tree species. Plant Physiology Biochemistry 45: 577- 588.
   
• URBAN O., KOSCVANCOVA M., MAREK M.V., LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2007) Induction of photosynthesis and importance of limitations during the induction phase in sun and shade leaves of five tree species from the temperate zone. Tree Physiology 27, 1207-1215.
   
• TUBA Z, LICHTENTHALER HK. (2007) Long-term acclimation of plants to elevated CO₂ and its interaction with stresses. In: Stress Responses in Biology and Medicine, Stress of Life in Molecules, Cells, Organisms, and Psychosocial Communities. (World Stress Congress, Budapest, August 2007, Session 4D). Annals New York Academy of Sciences 1113:135-146.
   
• TUBA Z, CSINTALAN Z, SZENTE K, FEKETE G, LARCHER W, and LICHTENTHALER HK (2008) Winter photosynthetic activity of twenty temperate semi-desert sand grassland species. J Plant Physiol 165: 1438-1454.
   
• LICHTENTHALER HK, BABANI F, BUSCHMANN C (2013) Chlorophyll fluorescence kinetics, photosynthetic activity, and pigment composition of blue-shade and half-shade leaves as compared to sun and shade leaves of different trees. Photosynth. Res. 117:355-366.

Plastoglobuli Research

Reviews

• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (2013) Plastoglobuli, thylakoids, chloroplast structure and development of plastids. In: “Plastid Development during Leaf growth and senescence”, Basanti Biswal, Karin Krupinska, Udaya Biswal (eds), Chapter 15, pp. 416-444 (Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Nr.36), Springer Science+Business Media B.V., Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Original papers

• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1964) Untersuchungen über die osmiophilen globuli der Chloroplasten. Ber. Dtsch. Bot. Ges. 77, 398-402.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K.: Plastoglobuli und Plastidenstruktur. Ber. Dtsch. Bot. Ges. 79, 82-88 (1966).
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K., and B. SPREY (1966) Über die osmiophilen globulären Lipideinschlüsse der Chloroplasten. Z. Naturforsch. 21b, 690-697 (1966).
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K., and E. PEVELING (1966) Osmiophile Lipideinschlüsse in den Chloroplasten und im Cytoplasma von Hoya carnosa R. Br. Die Naturwissenschaften 53, 534.
   
• SPREY, B. und H.K. LICHTENTHALER: (1966) Zur Frage der Beziehungen zwischen Plastoglobuli und Thylakoidgenese in Gerstenkeimlingen. Z. Naturforsch. 21b, 697-699.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1967) Beziehungen zwischen Zusammensetzung und Struktur der Plastiden in grünen und etiolierten Keimlingen von Hordeum vulgare L. Z. Pflanzenphys. 56, 273-281.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K., and E. PEVELING (1967) Plastoglobuli in verschiedenen Differen-zierungensstadien der Plastiden bei Allium cepa L. Planta (Berl.) 72, 1-13.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K., and E. PEVELING (1967) Plastoglobuli und osmiophile cytoplasmatische Lipideinschlüsse in grünen Blättern von Hoya carnosa R. Br. Z. Pflanzenphys. 56, 153-165.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1968) Plastoglobuli and the fine structure of plastids. Endeavour, Vol. XXVII, 144-149.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1969) Plastoglobuli und Lipochinongehalt der Chloroplasten von Cereus peruvianus (L.) Mill.. Planta (Berl.) 87, 304-310 (1969).
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1969) Die Plastoglobuli von Spinat, ihre Größe, Isolierung und Lipochinonzusammensetzung. Protoplasma 68, 65-77.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1969) Die Plastoglobuli von Spinat, ihre Größe und Zusammensetzung während der Chloroplastendegeneration. Protoplasma 68, 315-326.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. und M. TEVINI (1970) Die Verteilung der Pigmente, Plastidenchinone und Plastoglobuli auf verschiedene aus beschallten Spinatchloroplasten gewonnene Partikelfraktionen. Z. Pflanzenphysiol. 62, 33-50.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. und H. WEINERT (1970) Die Beziehungen zwischen Lipochinonsynthese und Plastoglobulibildung in den Chloroplasten von Ficus elastica Roxb. Z. Naturforsch. 25b, 619-623.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1970) Formation and Function of Plastoglobuli in Plastids. Proceed. Septième Congrès International de Microscopie électronique, Grenoble, 1970, p. 206.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1970) Die Feinstruktur der Chromoplasten in plasmochromen Perigon-Blättern von Tulipa. Planta (Berl.) 93, 143-151.
   
• GRUMBACH H. K. and LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1974) Photo-oxidation of the plastohydroquinone-9 pool in plastoglobuli during onset of photosynthesis. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Photosynthesis, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, Vol. I, pp. 515-523, M. Avron, ed., Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
   
• MEIER, D., LICHTENTHALER, H., K. and BURKARD, G. (1980) Change of chloroplast ultrastructure in radish seedlings under the influence of the photosystem II-herbicide bentazon. Z. Naturforsch. 35c, 656-664.
   
• MEIER, D. and LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1981) Ultrastructural development of chloroplasts in radish seedlings grown at high and low light conditions and in the presence of the herbicide bentazon. Protoplasma 107, 195-207 (1981).
   
• MEIER, D. and LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1982) Special senescence stages in chloroplast ultrastructure of radish seedlings induced by the photosystem II-herbicide bentazon. Protoplasma 110, 138-142.

Fluorescence-Imaging and Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Reviews

• LICHTENTHALER, H.K.: Muli-colour fluorescence imaging of photosynthetic activity and plant stress. Photosynthetica 59 (SI), 4-20 (2021).
   
• BUSCHMANN, C., and H.K. LICHTENTHALER: Principles and characteristics of multi-colour fluorescence imaging of plants. J. Plant Physiol. 152, 297-314 (1998).

Original papers

• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., LANGSDORF G., BUSCHMANN C. (2012) Multicolor fluorescence images and fluorescence ratio images of green apples at harvest and during storage. Israel J. Plant Sciences 60, 97-106.
   
• LICHTENTHALER HK, LANGSDORF G, BUSCHMANN C (2013) Uptake of diuron and concomitant loss of photosynthetic activity in leaves as visualized by imaging the red chlorophyll fluorescence. Photosynth. Res. 116:355-361.
   
• BUSCHMANN C, LANGSDORF G, and LICHTENTHALER, HK (2008) The blue, green, red and far-red fluorescence signatures of plant tissues, their multicolor fluorescence imaging and application in agrofood assessment. In: Optical Monitoring of Fresh and Processed Agricultural Crops (Contemporary Food Engineering Series) (M. Zude ed.), Chapter 4.2, pp. 272-319. CRC Press Inc., Boca Raton (Francis &Taylor Group) (ISBN-10: 1420054023).
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K., BABANI F., LANGSDORF G. (2007) Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging of photosynthetic activity in sun and shade leaves of trees.  Photosynth. Research 93: 235-241 (2007)
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K., AC A., MAREK M.V., KALINA J., URBAN O. (2007) Differences in pigment composition, photosynthetic rates and chlorophyll fluorescence images of sun and shade leaves of four tree species. Plant Physiology Biochemistry 45: 577- 588.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., BUSCHMANN C. and KNAPP, M. (2005) How to correctly determine the different chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and the chlorophyll fluorescence decrease ratio R_Fd of leaves with the PAM fluorometer. Photosynthetica 43, 379-393.
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K., LANGSDORF, G., LENK, S., and  BUSCHMANN, C. (2005) Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging of photosynthetic activity with the flash-lamp fluorescence imaging system. Photosynthetica 43, 355-369.
   
• BUSCHMANN, C., G. LANGSDORF and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (2000) Imaging of the blue, green and red fluorescence emission of plants: An overview. Photosynthetica 38, 483-491.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. and J. SCHWEIGER: Cell wall bound ferulic acid, the major substance of the blue-green fluorescence emission of plants. J. Plant Physiol. 152, 272-282 (1998).
   
• GITELSON, A.A., C. BUSCHMANN, and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1998) Leaf chlorophyll fluorescence corrected for re-absorption by means of absorption and reflectance measurements. J. Plant Physiol. 152, 283-296.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., and J. SCHWEIGER (1998) Cell wall bound ferulic acid, the major substance of the blue-green fluorescence emission of plants. J. Plant Physiol. 152, 272-282.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. and J.A. MIEHE (1997) Fluorescence imaging as a diagnostic tool for plant stress. Trends in Plant Sciences (TIPS) 2, 316-320.
   
• BUSCHMANN, C., P. RICHTER, and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1996) Application of the Karlsruhe CCD-OMA LIDAR-fluorosensor in stress detection of plants. J. Plant Physiol. 148, 548-554 (1996).
   
• HEISEL, F., M. SOWINSKA, J.A. MIEHE, M. LANG, and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1996) Detection of nutrient deficiencies of maize by laser-induced fluorescence imaging. J. Plant Physiol. 148, 622-631.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., M. LANG, M. SOWINSKA, F. HEISEL, and J.A. MIEHÉ (1996) Detection of vegetation stress via a new high resolution fluorescence imaging system. J. Plant Physiol. 148, 599-612.
   
• LANG, M., H.K. LICHTENTHALER, M. SOWINSKA, F. HEISEL, J.A. MIEHÉ, and F. TOMASINI (1996) Fluorescence imaging of water and temperature stress in plant leaves. J. Plant Physiol. 148, 613-621.
   
• BUSCHMANN, C., P. RICHTER, and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1996) Application of the Karlsruhe CCD-OMA LIDAR-fluorosensor in stress detection of plants. J. Plant Physiology 148, 548-554 (1996).
   
• LANG, M., H.K. LICHTENTHALER, M. SOWINSKA, P. SUMM, and F. HEISEL (1994) Blue, green and red fluorescence signatures and images of tobacco leaves. Botanica Acta 107, 230-236.
   
• STOBER, F. and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1993) Studies on the constancy of the blue and green fluorescence yield during the chlorophyll fluorescence induction kinetics (Kautsky effect). Radiat. Environ. Biophysics 32, 357-365.

Quantitative Determination of Chlorophylls and Carotenoids

• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1987). Chlorophylls and carotenoids, the pigments of photosynthetic biomembranes. In: Douce, R.and Packer, L. (eds.): Methods Enzymol. 148, 350-382, Academic Press Inc., New York.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. and C. BUSCHMANN (2001). Chlorophylls and Carotenoids- Extraction, Isolation and Purification. Current Protocols in Food Analytical Chemistry (CPFA), (Supplement 1), Unit F4.2.1-F4.2.6 (John Wiley, New York).
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. and C. BUSCHMANN (2001). Chlorophylls and carotenoids – Measurement and characterisation by UV-VIS. Current Protocols in Food Analytical Chemistry (CPFA), (Supplement 1), F4.3.1 - F 4.3.8 (John Wiley, New York).
   
• GITELSON, A.A., C. BUSCHMANN, and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1999). The chlorophyll fluorescence ratio F735/F700 as an accurate measure of the chlorophyll content in plants. Remote Sensing of Environment 69, 296-302 (1999).
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2010) Chlorophyll and carotenoid determination (after Lichtenthaler 1987), a practical instruction, 2 pages, PDF.

Reflectance Spectra

• BUSCHMANN C., LENK S., LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2012). Reflectance spectra and images of green leaves with different tissue structure and chlorophyll content. Israel J. Plant Sciences 60, 49-64.
   
• BUSCHMANN, C. and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1999). Contribution of chlorophyll fluorescence to the reflectance of leaves in stressed plants as determined with the VIRAF-spectrometer. Z. Naturforsch. 54c, 840-845.
   
• GITELSON, A.A., C. BUSCHMANN, and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1998). Leaf chlorophyll fluorescence corrected for re-absorption by means of absorption and reflectance measurements. J. Plant Physiol. 152, 283-296.
   
• GITELSON, A., M. MERZLYAK, and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1996). Detection of the red edge position and chlorophyll content by reflectance measurements near 700 nm. J. Plant Physiol. 148, 501-508.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., A. GITELSON, and M. LANG (1996). Non-destructive determination of chlorophyll content of leaves of a green and an aurea mutant of tobacco by reflectance measurements. J. Plant Physiol. 148, 483-493.

Forest Decline Research and Stress-Physiology of Plants

Reviews

• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., and RINDERLE, U. (1988) The role of chlorophyll fluorescence in the detection of stress conditions in plants. CRC Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry 19, Suppl. I, 29-85.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1996) Vegetation stress: an introduction to the stress concept in plants. J. Plant Physiol. 148, 4-14.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K (1998) The stress concept in plants: an introduction. In: (P. Csermely, ed.) Stress of Life: from Molecules to Man, Annals of New York Academy Sciences 851, 187-198 (1998).
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., O. WENZEL, C. BUSCHMANN and A. GITELSON (1998) Plant stress detection by reflectance and fluorescence. In: (P. Csermely, ed.) Stress of Life: from Molecules to Man, Annals of New York Academy Sciences 851, 271-285 (1998).

Books

• LICHTENTHALER H.K. and C BUSCHMANN (1984) Das Waldsterben aus botanischer Sicht. G. Braun Verlag, Karlsruhe.

Original papers

• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. and BUSCHMANN, C. (1983) Das Waldsterben, Verlauf, Ursachen und Konsequenzen. Fridericiana (Zeitschrift der Universität Karlsruhe) 32, 38-66.(ISSN 0533-0912).
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1984) Luftschadstoffe als Auslöser des Baumsterbens. Naturwissenschaftl. Rundschau 37, 271-277.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. and BUSCHMANN, C. (1984) Beziehung zwischen Photosynthese und Baumsterben. Allgemeine Forst Zeitschrift 39, 12-16 (Heft 1/2).
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. and BUSCHMANN, C. (1984) Photooxidative changes in pigment composition and photosynthetic activity of air-polluted spruce needles (Picea abies L.), In: Advances in Photosynthesis Research, Sybesma, C., Ed., Vol. IV (3), pp. 245-250, Martinus Nijhoff/Dr. Junk Publisher, The Hague.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K., SCHMUCK, G., DÖLL, M. and BUSCHMANN, C. (1985) Untersuchungen über die Funktionsfähigkeit des Photosyntheseapparates bei Nadeln gesunder und geschädigter Koniferen. PEF-Bericht KfK-PEF 2, pp. 81-105, PEF-Projektleitung, Ed., Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1985) Immissionen, Photosynthese und Baumsterben. In: Was wir über das Waldsterben wissen, pp. 226-233, Nießlein, E. und Voss, G., Eds. Deutscher Institutsverlag, Köln.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H. K., SCHMUCK, G., NAGEL, E. und BUSCHMANN, C. (1986) Messungen der Photosynthese gesunder und geschädigter Bäume: Suche nach Parametern zur Früherkennung von Baumschäden. (Measurements of Photosynthesis of Healthy and Damaged Trees: Search for Parameters of Early Detection of Tree Damage), PEF-Bericht KfK-PEF 4, pp. 97-114, Projektleitung, Ed., Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe.
   
• ROCK, B.N., HOSHIZAKI, T., LICHTENTHALER, H.K., and SCHMUCK, G. (1986) Comparison of in situ spectral measurements of forest decline symptoms in Vermont (U.S.A.) and the Schwarzwald (F.R.G.). In: Proceedings of the Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) Zürich 1986, Vol. III, pp. 1667-1672, ESA Publications Division, Noordwijk.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., BUSCHMANN, C., RINDERLE, U., and SCHMUCK, G. (1986) Application of chlorophyll fluorescence in ecophysiology. Radiat. Environ. Biophys. 25, 297-308.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., and RINDERLE, U. (1988) Chlorophyll fluorescence as vitality indicator in forest decline research. In: Lichtenthaler H.K. (ed.): Applications of Chlorophyll Fluorescence, pp. 143-149, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., and RINDERLE, U. (1988) Chlorophyll fluorescence signatures of healthy and damaged spruce trees. PEF-Bericht KfK-PEF 35, pp. 185-190, Kernforschungs-zentrum Karlsruhe.
   
• BUSCHMANN, C., and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1988) Correlation of reflectance and chloro-phyll fluorescence signatures of healthy and damaged forest trees. In: Internat. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS '88, Edinburgh, Vol. 3, pp. 1339-1342, ESA Publications Division, Noordwijk.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., RINDERLE, U., and HAITZ, M. (1989) Seasonal variations in photosynthetic activity of spruces as determined by chlorophyll fluorescence. Annales des Sciences Forestieres 46, (suppl.), 483s-489s.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (11989) Possibilities for Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Vegetation by a Combination of Reflectance and Laser-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence. In: Internat. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS '89, Vancouver, Vol. 3, pp. 1349-1354.
   
• RINDERLE, U., and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1989) The various chlorophyll fluorescence signatures as a basis for physiological ground truth control in remote sensing of forest decline. In: Internat. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS '89, Vancouver, Vol. 2, pp. 674-677.
   
• BUSCHMANN, C., RINDERLE, U., and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1989) Streß-Detektion von Nadelbäumen über vergleichende Messung der Reflexionsspektren, der Chlorophyll-Fluoreszenz und des CO₂-Gaswechsel. Proceedings of International Congress on Forest Decline Research, pp.447-448, Forschungsbeirat Waldschäden/Luftverunreinigungen der Bundesregierung, ed., Friedrichshafen, 2.-6.10.1989.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1990) Air Pollution and Forest Decline in Central Europe and the Black Forest: Causes and Consequences. J. Japan Society Civil Engineers 75, 62-65.

Fatty Acid Biosynthesis in Chloroplasts and its Inhibition by Herbicides and Antibiotics

Reviews

• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1989) Plant lipid biosynthesis as target for biocides. In: P.A. Biacs , K. Gruiz and T. Kremmer (eds.): Biological Role of Plant Lipids, pp. 389-400, Plenum Press, New York.
   
• GOLZ, A., FOCKE, M. and LICHTENTHALER. H.K.: Inhibitors of de novo fatty acid biosynthesis in higher plants. J. Plant Physiol. 143, 426-433 (1994).
   
• LICHTENTHALER H.K. (2015) Fifty five years of research on photosynthesis, chloroplasts and stress physiology of plants 1958-2013. Progress in Botany 76:3-42 (U. Lüttge, W. Beyschlag, eds.), Springer International Publishing Switzerland. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08807-5_1

Original Papers

• FOCKE, M., and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1987) Inhibition of the acetyl-CoA carboxylase of barley chloroplasts by cycloxydim and sethoxydim. Z. Naturforsch. 42c, 1361-1363.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., KOBEK, K., and ISHII, K. (1987) Inhibition by sethoxydim of pigment accumulation and fatty acid biosynthesis in chloroplasts of Avena seedlings. Z. Naturforsch. 42c, 1275-1279.
   
• KOBEK, K., FOCKE, M., LICHTENTHALER, H.K., RETZLAFF, G., and WÜRZER, B. (1988) Inhibition of fatty acid biosynthesis in isolated chloroplasts by cycloxydim and other cyclohexane-1,3-diones. Physiol. Plantarum 72, 492-498.
   
• KOBEK, K, FOCKE, M., and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1988) Fatty-Acid Biosynthesis and Acetyl-CoA carboxylase as a target of Diclofop, Fenoxaprop and other Aryloxy-phenoxy-propionic acid herbicides. Z. Naturforsch. 43c, 47-54.
   
• KOBEK, K., and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1989) Inhibition of de novo fatty acid biosynthesis in isolated etioplasts by herbicides. Z. Naturforsch. 44c, 669-672.
   
• FELD, A., KOBEK, K., and LICHTENTHALER, H.K.  (1989) Inhibition of de novo Fatty-Acid Biosynthesis in Isolated Chloroplasts by Different Antibiotics and Herbicides. Z. Naturforsch. 44c, 976-978.
   
• KOBEK, K., and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1989) Effect of different cyclohexane-1,3-dione derivatives on the de novo fatty-acid biosynthesis in isolated oat chloroplasts. Z. Naturforsch. 45c, 84-88.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., KOBEK, K., and FOCKE, M. (1989) Difference in sensitivity and tolerance of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants towards inhibitors of the acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase. Brighton Crop Protection Conference-Weeds 1989, 3B-4, 173-182.
   
• KOBEK, K. and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1989) Fatty-acid biosynthesis in isolated etioplasts and its inhibition by herbicides. Brighton Crop Protection Conference-Weeds 1989, 4D-9, 471-478.
   
• FELD, A., KOBEK, K., and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1989) Inhibition of fatty-acid biosynthesis in isolated chloroplasts by the antibiotics cerulenin and thiolactomycin. Brighton Crop Protection Conference-Weeds 1989, 4D-10, 479-486.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., KOBEK, K., and RETZLAFF, G. (1990) Effect of cyclohexane-1,3-diones on de novo fatty-acid biosynthesis in different forms of isolated plastids. (7th Inter-national Congress of Pesticide Chemistry IUPAC Congress, Hamburg 1990). Pesticide Science 30, 427-430.
   
• FOCKE, M., FELD, A., and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1990) Effect of thiolactomycin on de novo fatty acid biosynthesis in plants. Z. Naturforsch. 45c, 518-520.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K.(1990) Mode of action of herbicides affecting acetyl-CoA carboxylase and fatty acid biosynthesis. Z. Naturforsch. 45c, 521-528.
   
• FOCKE, M., FELD, A., and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1991) Inhibition of early steps of "de novo" fatty-acid biosynthesis by different xenobiotica. Physiol. Plantarum 81, 251-255.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K., FOCKE, M. (1992)  Assay of the plant acetyl CoA carboxylase activity and its specific inhibition by some graminicides. In: P. Böger and G. Sandmann (eds.): Target Assays for Modern Herbicides and Related Phytotoxic Compounds, pp.153-160, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton USA (ISBN 0-87371-539-X).
   
• LIST, B., GOLZ, A., BOLAND, W., and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1992) Inhibition of de novo fatty-acid biosynthesis in isolated chloroplasts by the antibiotic cerulenin and its synthetic derivates. Z. Naturforsch. 47 c, 382 - 386.
   
• GOLZ, A. and LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1992) Inhibition of plant acetyl-CoA synthetase by alkyl-adenylates, Z. Naturforsch. 47 c, 845-850.
   
• GOLZ, A. and LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1993) Isolation and characterization of acetyl-CoA synthetase from etiolated radish seedlings, J. Plant Physiology 141, 276-280.
   
• MOTEL, A., GÜNTHER, S., CLAUSS, M., KOBEK, K. FOCKE, M. and LICHTENTHALER, H. K.: (1993) Studies on the inhibition of biotin-containing carboxylases by ACC-inhibitors, Z. Naturforsch. 48c, 294-300.
   
• CLAUSS, M., MOTEL, A. and LICHTENTHALER, H. K. (1993) Studies on the plant methyl-crotonyl-CoA carboxylase. J. Plant Physiol. 141, 508-511.
   
• MAIER, A., GOLZ, A., LICHTENTHALER, H.K., MEYER, N. and RETZLAFF, G. (1994) Studies on the effect of different cyclohexame-1.3-diones on de novo fatty acid biosynthesis in Poaceae. Pesticide Science 42, 153-161.
   
• GOLZ, A and LICHTENTHALER, H.K. (1994) Inhibition of the plastidic pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in isolated plastids of oat. Z. Naturforsch. 49c, 421-426.
   
• LICHTENTHALER, H.K. and GOLZ, A. (1995) Chemical regulation of acetyl-CoA formation and de novo fatty acid biosynthesis in plants. In: Kader J.C. and Mazliak P. (eds.), Plant Lipid Metabolism, pp. 58-60. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
   
• MAIER, A., and H.K. LICHTENTHALER (1998) Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase from barley (Hordeum vulgare L.): Purification, kinetic characterization, and senescence-related induction of activity. J. Plant Physiol. 152, 213-221.