Carotenoid and chlorophyll of fresh leaves were extracted with 80% (v/v) acetone and then measured with a UV−visible spectrophotometer (Hitachi−U2000, Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) according to the previous method [56 (link)]. UV−Vis spectrophotometer with a mounted 126 integrating sphere (BioMate 3S, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., MA, USA) was used to determine leaf absorption as described previously [51 (link)].
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