Celebrating the millennium - Historical highlights of photosynthesis research, Part 2

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Govindjee, ^a   Beatty, J Thomas ^b   Gest, Howard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornelis B. van Niel; Eugene Rabinowitch; History of photosynthesis research; Louis N.M. Duysens; Robert Hill

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041358477     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024937502216     Document Type: Review

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