About the perpetual state changes in plants approaching harmony with their environment

Archives des Sciences et Compte Rendu Seances de la Societe

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-203

  Tsimilli Michael, Merope ^a,b   Krüger, Gert H J ^c   Strasser, Reto J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Cyprus Min of Education and Culture

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Chlorophyll a fluorescence kinetics; Harmony; Open systems; Optimality; Photosystem II; State changes; Stress; Thermodynamics of irreversible processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000807031     PISSN: 02529289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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