Brassinosteroids and photosynthesis

Brassinosteroids: A Class of Plant Hormone

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 143-192

  Hola D ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brassinosteroids; Carbonic anhydrase; Carotenoids; Chlorophylls; Chloroplast structure and development; CO2 fixation; Light harvesting; Photosynthesis; Photosystem I; Photosystem II; Primary photochemistry; Rubisco; Stomata; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255136629     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0189-2_6     Document Type: Chapter

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