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The State of Protochlorophyll and Chlorophyll in Corn Roots
Author(s) -
BJÖRN L. O.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1976.tb03954.x
Subject(s) - zea mays , pigment , chlorophyll , absorption (acoustics) , chlorophyll a , chemistry , botany , red light , biology , agronomy , materials science , organic chemistry , composite material
The protochlorophyll(ide) present in primary roots of dark‐grown corn ( Zea mays ) seedlings has an in vivo absorption maximum at 634 nm. Red light converts the pigment to chlorophyll(ide) a with an absorption maximum at 675 nm.