“…Another disadvantage of the F v /F m parameter is the dependence of its values on leaf age (Šesták and Šiffel 1997, Šesták 1999). The stabilization stage of F v /F m ratio was discovered after the initial decrease and further increase (Mészáros et al 1995). Nevertheless, today the F v /F m parameter is actively applied to the estimation of plant resistance to different adverse influences, because during strengthening of the effect and after-effect of the extreme factor, F v /F m decreases, which may be the criterion of certain disorders in the electron transport chain (ETC) of PS2 (Venediktov et al 1999, Roháček 2002.…”