Photorespiration is essential for the protection of the photosynthetic apparatus of C3 plants against photoinactivation under sunlight

Botanica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-315

  Heber, U ^a   Bligny, R ^a   Streb, P ^a   Douce, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; electron transport; Mehler reaction; photoinactivation; photorespiration; photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029821014     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00578.x     Document Type: Article

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