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Interception of Light and Light Penetration in Plant Tissues

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There are three potential fates for a photon arriving at a tissue: it can be reflected, absorbed, or transmitted. All three factors are inter-related. The probability of one of these fates depends on the wavelength and the angle of incidence of the radiation, and on several characteristics of the tissue. The important characteristics of the tissue are the size and distribution of the elements with different refractive indices, and the concentration, distribution and absorption characteristics of absorbing particles. The amount of radiation transmitted is a function of all the above parameters. The complex interaction of reflectance, absorptance and scattering is important for most photoresponses in plants, whether they are involved in obtaining energy (e.g. photosynthesis), information (e.g. photomorphogenesis) or responding to the destructive effects of light (e.g. DNA dimer formation).

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Holmes, M.G. (1996). Interception of Light and Light Penetration in Plant Tissues. In: Jennings, R.C., Zucchelli, G., Ghetti, F., Colombetti, G. (eds) Light as an Energy Source and Information Carrier in Plant Physiology. NATO ASI Series, vol 287. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0409-8_19

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