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Yash Pal Abrol
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Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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Prasanna Mohanty
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Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Govindjee
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University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xiii
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Chloroplast Genome
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- A. K. Tyagi, N. Kelkar, S. Kapoor, S. C. Maheshwari
Pages 3-47
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Photosystems
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- Satoshi Hoshina, Shigeru Itoh
Pages 51-82
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- Govindjee, William J. Coleman
Pages 83-108
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Coordination and Regulation
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Front Matter
Pages 129-129
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- Sudhir K. Sopory, Maria Lucia Ghirardi, Tedd Elich, Bruce M. Greenberg, Marvin Edelman, Autar K. Mattoo
Pages 131-156
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- Anil Grover, Prasanna Mohanty
Pages 225-255
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- Christa Critchley, A. Wendy Russell
Pages 257-276
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Carbon Assimilation and Partitioning
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Front Matter
Pages 277-277
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- R. C. Sachar, Daman Saluja, P. Murali
Pages 279-316
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- A. S. Raghavendra, V. S. Rama Das
Pages 317-338
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- P. A. Kumar, Raghuveer Polisetty, Y. P. Abrol
Pages 339-350
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- Surma Mitra, S. N. Bhardwaj, G. C. Srivastava
Pages 361-387
About this book
All biomass is derived from photosynthesis. This provides us with food fuel, as well as fibre. This process involves conversion of solar energy, via photochemical reactions, into chemical energy. In plants and cyanobacteria, carbon dioxide and water are converted into carbohydrates and oxygen. It is the best studied research area of plant biology. We expect that this area will assume much greater importance in the future in view of the depleting resources ofthe Earth's fuel supply. Furthermore, we believe that the next large increase in plant productivity will come from applications of the newer findings about photosynthetic process, especially through manipulation by genetic engineering. The current book covers an integrated range of subjects within the general field of photosynthesis. It is authored by international scientists from several countries (Australia, Canada, France, India, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, UK and USA). It begins with a discussion of the genetic potential and the expression of the chloroplast genome that is responsible for several key proteins involved in the electron transport processes leading to O evolution, proton release and the production of 2 NADPH and A TP, needed for CO fixation. The section on photosystems discusses 2 how photosystem I functions to produce NADPH and how photosystem II oxidizes water and releases protons through an "oxygen clock" and how intermediates between the two photosystems are produced involving a "two electron gate".
Editors and Affiliations
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Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
Yash Pal Abrol
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Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Prasanna Mohanty
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University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
Govindjee