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Green plant photosynthesis has proven to be much more diversified in nature than anyone thought a decade ago. From a myoptic concentration on the reductive pentose phosphate (C3) cycle a decade ago, plant biologists today are examining a great variety of plants from throughout the world with confident expectations of finding more diversity in photosynthesis. This exceptional interest in studying a variety of plants has its origins in basic discoveries about photosynthesis, photorespiration, nitrogen metabolism, and other aspects of plant biology, but it also originates from a stronger more universal awareness of our direct dependence upon plants for food, fiber, and fuel. Such basic knowledge about plants coupled with a keener awareness of the value of plants are the bases for this symposium. The aim of this contribution is to present the known diversity in plant photosynthesis and to consider some environmental pressures which regulate the efficiency of green plant photosynthesis.
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Black, C.C., Brown, R.H., Moore, R.C. (1978). Plant Photosynthesis. In: Döbereiner, J., Burris, R.H., Hollaender, A., Franco, A.A., Neyra, C.A., Scott, D.B. (eds) Limitations and Potentials for Biological Nitrogen Fixation in the Tropics. Basic Life Sciences, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8957-0_8
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