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Wavelength (nm)
Phototropism
Chlorophyll synthesis
Photomorphogenesis ('red effect')
Reversion of the red effect
Visual sensitivity
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Net photosynthesis
Canopy
Isolated leaf
Leaf within
a canopy
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Intensity of PAR
Net respiration
Plate 11.
Spectral activities of different photo-biological processes (adapted from Whatley and Whatley, 1984).
Plate 12.
Net photosynthesis of an isolated leaf, of a leaf within a canopy and of a whole canopy (adapted from
