Photosynthetic capacity and quantum requirement of three secondary mutants of Scenedesmus obliquus with deletions in carotenoid biosynthesis

Botanica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-235

  Bishop, N I ^a   Bugla, Beate ^b   Senger, H ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation of the photosynthetic apparatus; Carotenoid mutants; Photosynthetic capacity; Quantum requirement; Scenedesmus obliquus

Indexed keywords

SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS;

EID: 0031810521     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1998.tb00700.x     Document Type: Article

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