Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 106, No. 37 (Sep. 15, 2009), pp. 15538-15543 (6 pages) Breakdown of chlorophyll is a major contributor to the ...

When fall comes and plants begin to prepare for the long winter, the chlorophyll in their leaves is broken down. This is probably the most dramatic example of the general process known as senescence, ...

Algae and plants are similar but not quite the same. Their structures are very different, for example: plants have stems, roots, flowers, and fruits, while algae do not. And where plants are always ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The effects of solar ultraviolet (UV)-B and UV-A radiation on the potential efficiency of photosystem II (PSII) in leaves of tropical plants ...

Lanthanides are a class of rare earth elements that in many countries are added to fertilizer as micronutrients to stimulate plant growth. But little is known about how they are absorbed by plants or ...

This release is available in German. Ripe bananas are of course yellow. However, under black light, the yellow bananas are bright blue, as discovered by scientists at the University of Innsbruck ...

A Shropshire vineyard is the first in the UK to use artificial ultraviolet light on the vines. While the use of UV light is common in greenhouses, and even where football turf is stored, the ...