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Plants are grown by man for food, fibres, timber, fuel, specific chemicals and for ornamental purposes. In many cases, but not all, the emphasis is on yield, the starting point of which is the input from photosynthesis.
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Woolhouse, H.W., Smith, A.M., Walton, N.J. (1984). Controlling Crop Photosynthesis: Some Biochemical and Genetic Considerations. In: Sybesma, C. (eds) Advances in Photosynthesis Research. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4971-8_23
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