The 6th Leaf Optics Workshop was held again under the patronage of Prof. Wolfgang Bilger (Kiel University) and Prof. Uwe Rascher (Forschungszentrum Jülich) from October 4 to 6, 2023, after a forced break of several years (due to covid measures).
Traditionally, this workshop took place at the Ebernburg Castle near the German town of Bad Münster am Stein on the banks of the river Nahe. Apart from the unusually picturesque landscape and the unusual backdrop of a medieval fortress, this workshop was distinguished by a very friendly atmosphere, yet maintained a very high professional level of lectures and associated discussions.
A specific feature of the current workshop was a slight thematic shift towards the use of remote sensing (whether satellite, aerial or drone) in the context of the study of plant physiology, photosynthesis and plant production. However, it was still possible to see a number of interesting lectures dealing with photosynthesis and plant physiology at the “mechanistic” biochemical and biophysical level, or the application of different types of spectral optical analyses of leaves/plants and the interpretation of the data they produce. Particularly interesting were the joint discussions where scientists observing plants from thousands/tens of thousands of meters away tried to find a “common language” with researchers studying plants at the molecular level…
Dr. Jakub Nezval participated in the event on behalf of the Biophysics Group (KFY, OU), presenting the results of the joint work of the collective of authors in the lecture: Light intensity, spectral quality, temperature, and their interaction as important environmental cues regulating the metabolic profile of leaf phenolic compounds – potential consequences for plant (photo-)oxidative stress tolerance. (Jakub Nezval, Pech R, Volná A., Vrábl D., Pleva J., Klusová N., Navrátil M., Karlický V., Štroch M., Špunda V.)
