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Terminology Pertaining to Photosynthesis 1
Author(s) -
Shibles Richard
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1976.0011183x001600030033x
Subject(s) - photosynthesis , photosynthetically active radiation , biology , irradiance , terminology , botany , photobiology , physics , optics , linguistics , philosophy
Terms, recommended by the CSSA Committee on Crop Terminology, for the expression of photosynthetic energy and photosynthetic capacity are defined. These are: Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR), Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density (PPFD), Photosynthetic Irradiance (PI), Apparent Photosynthesis (AP), and CO 2 ‐Exchange Rate (CER).