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photoinhibition

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photoinhibition [¦fōd·ō‚in·ə′bish·ən]
(botany)
Damage to the light-harvesting reactions of the photosynthetic apparatus caused by excess light energy trapped by the chloroplast.
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The photoinhibition of germination by white or red light insures that these spores germinate underground in nature providing improved chances of spores obtaining adequate soil moisture and mycorrhizal colonization of young gametophytes that are essential for continued development.
Red light inhibition of spore germination in Lycopodium clavatum by Whittier, Dean P. / American Fern Journal
Photoinhibition of photosynthesis in natural assemblages of marine phytoplankton.
Effect of water velocity and benthic diatom morphology on the water ... by Roberts, Rodney D.; Revsbech, Niels Peter; Damgaard, Lars Riis / Journal of Shellfish Research
If, as studies indicate, bacterioplankton and phytoplankton have differential susceptibilities to photoinhibition, the degree of nutrient competition will vary with light intensity and spectral composition.
Ecology and evolutionary biology by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
 
 
 
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