Green light drives CO2 fixation deep within leaves

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1020-1026

  Sun, Jindong ^a   Nishio, John N ^a   Vogelmann, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fixation gradient; Green light; Photosynthesis; Spinacia oleracea

Indexed keywords

BLUE LIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; GREEN LIGHT; MESOPHYLL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT METABOLISM; RED LIGHT; SPINACH; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 0031767701     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029298     Document Type: Article

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