Action spectra of light-saturated photosynthesis
Open Access
- 1 January 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 36 (1), 114-117
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.36.1.114
Abstract
The action spectrum of photosynthesis at saturating light intensities was investigated. The results show that in saturating light the rate of photosynthesis is dependent upon wavelength. This would not have been expected from the classical explanation of the shape of the curve relating photosynthetic rate to light intensity. The Emerson enhancement effect may be responsible for the structure of the light intensity action spectrum.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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