Optimizing antenna size to maximize photosynthetic efficiency

Plant Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-85

  Ort, Donald R ^a   Zhu, Xinguang ^b   Melis, Anastasios ^c  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 78650990972     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.165886     Document Type: Article

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