Photosynthesis: basics, history and modelling

• Published in: Annals of botany Vol. 126; no. 4; pp. 511 - 537
• Main Authors: Stirbet, Alexandrina, Lazár, Dušan, Guo, Ya, Govindjee, Govindjee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 14.09.2020
• Subjects: Biomass; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyll A; Electron Transport; Humans; Light; Oxygen; Photosynthesis; Photosystem II Protein Complex; Reviews; Water; Calvin–Benson cycle; discoveries in photosynthesis; non-photochemical quenching (of the excited state of chlorophyll a); chlorophyll a fluorescence induction; modelling; state transitions; photosynthetic electron transport

With limited agricultural land and increasing human population, it is essential to enhance overall photosynthesis and thus productivity. Oxygenic photosynthesis begins with light absorption, followed by excitation energy transfer to the reaction centres, primary photochemistry, electron and proton t...