How can the light reactions of photosynthesis be improved in plants?

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Leister, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84884182459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00199     Document Type: Article

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