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Chlorophyll Formation and Development of Photo-synthetic Activity in Juvenile Leaves of Mango (Mangifera indica)

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THE question how far the development of photo-synthetic activity is concomitant with chlorophyll formation has not been definitely answered; the investigation in higher plants being mainly along two lines: (1) relationship between rates of photosynthesis and chlorophyll formation in leaves in different stages of development; and (2) relationship between the two during the greening of etiolated seedlings.

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SINGH, B., JHA, J. Chlorophyll Formation and Development of Photo-synthetic Activity in Juvenile Leaves of Mango (Mangifera indica). Nature 143, 161–162 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143161c0

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