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First, we provide a brief description of the life of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858–1937), his contemporaries, and some of his achievements. He is known for demonstrating the World’s first wireless communication link at a wavelength of 5 mm. Then, we describe his contribution to photosynthesis research, as published in one of the earliest books on photosynthesis—a 1924 book entitled “Physiology of Photosynthesis.” His pioneering work on photosynthesis preceded much of the future work in this area. In particular, we emphasize his work on Hydrilla that was a precursor to C-4 photosynthesis.
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DCM thanks the All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi, for the award of Emeritus Fellowship and financial support, Science and Culture for permission to reproduce Figures 3 and 4, Chaitali Mukhopadhyay, Silpi Datta, and Debabani Ganguly of the Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, for their invaluable help and The Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, for providing access to their library.
We are grateful to Govindjee for extending invitation to us to write this Tribute to Sir J. C. Bose and for editing this manuscript; his continuous valuable help has enriched this article in many ways.
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Mukherjee, D.C., Sen, D. A tribute to Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858–1937). Photosynth Res 91, 1–10 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-006-9084-6
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