The Adsorption of Light in Photosynthesis.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Govindjee, Govindjee; Govindjee, Rajni
- Source
- Scientific American; Dec1974, Vol. 231 Issue 6, p68-86, 18p, 2 Color Photographs, 16 Diagrams
- Subject
- EFFECT of light on plants
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
PLANT pigments
MOLECULES
PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of light
PHOTOBIOLOGY
- Language
- ISSN
- 00368733
Discusses the absorption of light in photosynthesis. Explanation of electron flow in photosynthesis; Characteristics of pigment molecules that initiate the process; Factors that increase the number of possible quantum rates in molecules.