Methods used for extracting and purifying the pigments and their value in classifying the various types of algae are discussed in detail. This book contains detailed tables of the physical properties ...

This process, called photosynthesis, is essential to the global carbon cycle and organisms that conduct photosynthesis represent the lowest level in most food chains (Figure 1). Most living things ...

Leaves change colors in autumn as chlorophyll production slows due to shorter days and cooler temperatures. As the green ...

Trees in Western Washington this week are hitting peak fall colors. Here's the science behind the annual autumnal change.

Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts found within cells. It is the chloroplasts that contain the green pigment chlorophyll which absorbs light. The plant uses this glucose to grow as well as make ...

Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts found within cells. It is the chloroplasts that contain the green pigment chlorophyll which absorbs light. The plant uses this glucose to grow as well as make ...

Photosynthesis powers life on Earth; it supplies the oxygen we breathe, and it converts waste carbon dioxide into food and fuel. However, sunlight is a diffuse energy source so an extensive ...

The thylakoids contain the light-harvesting complex, including pigments such as chlorophyll, as well as the electron transport chains used in photosynthesis (Figure 2). Plant cell walls are ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Role of Chlorophyll in Photosynthesis ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 213 No. 1 (July 1965), p. 74 doi:10.1038 ...

Trees are beginning to stop the flow of water to their leaves and the flow of sugars out to the stems. The green pigment ...

Vassiliev, Ilya R. Prasil, Ondrej Wyman, Kevin D. Kolber, Zbigniew Hanson, Alfred K. Prentice, Jennifer E. and Falkowski, Paul G. 1994. Inhibition of PS II ...

In the ongoing effort to enhance crop efficiency, researchers have uncovered key genetic components of photosynthesis in ...