Why are higher plants green? Evolution of the higher plant photosynthetic pigment complement

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 539-548

  Nishio, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fixation; Evolution; Green light; Photosynthetic pigments; Spinacia oleracea

Indexed keywords

COLOR; EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT; PLANT;

EID: 0034095554     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2000.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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