Photosynthesis


   
 
Did You Know
Stephen Hales - Father of plant physiology
 
Lipmann - Father of ATP cycle
 
Winogradsky - Father of nitrogen fixation
 
Destruction of chlorophyll due to high light intensity is called solarisation.
 
DCMU (Dichlorophenyl dimethyl urea) - a herbicide - inhibits oxygen release in light phase
 
In C3 plants, more CO2 is released in light than in dark (due to photorespiration).
 
The yield of C3 plants is increased by increasing CO2 in atmosphere.
 
Only 20% of the light energy falling on the earth is utilized by photosynthetic organisms.
 
Plastid complex of a cell is called plastidome
 
 
     
   
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