HARVESTING THE SUN: PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN PLANT LIFE
Written by Anthony San Pietro, Frances A. Greer, Thomas J. Army
Published by Academic Press
in 1967
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HARVESTING THE SUN: PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN PLANT LIFE
Written by Anthony San Pietro, Frances A. Greer, Thomas J. Army.
Stock no. 613341
1st.
1967.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The result of papers prepared for a three-day symposium on photosynthesis sponsored by International Minerals & Chemical Corporation, tracing the production of food in plants, through the fixation of CO2, the transformation of intermediates, and the ultimate yield. Limited to 2000 numbered copies. Edited by Pietro, Greer & Army. Cream cloth boards, gilt and green titles. B/w photos and charts. ix and 342 pages. Edges of boards a little grubby, marks to front board. Spine browned. Top edge of text block browned. Name and date in ink to front endpaper (1968). Else contents clean. This is copy no. 1475 of 2000. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and unevenly faded to front & rear panel, lightly edge-worn. Musty odour present.
Front cover
Contents
- Opening Address
- Biochemical Aspects of Photosynthesis
- Carbon Metabolism: Nature and Formation of End Products
- Chloroplast Structure and Genetics
- Water and CO2 Transport in the Photosynthetic Process
- Aerocynamic Studies of CO2 Exchange Between the Atmosphere and the Plant
- Photosynthetic Limits on Crop Yields
- A Look into the Future