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Title: can light which is not absorbed by chlorophyll be used in photosynthesis? pls explain..?
Post by: Mhightower on Jan 22, 2014
anyone,who can help me on this plant physiology subject?


Title: can light which is not absorbed by chlorophyll be used in photosynthesis? pls explain..?
Post by: ddog on Jan 22, 2014
no, thats why leaves appear green, because the light wave length off the colour green is reflected of the leaf.

however some leaves can absorb different wave lengths.


Title: can light which is not absorbed by chlorophyll be used in photosynthesis? pls explain..?
Post by: Lena N. on Jan 22, 2014
no, plants use only 1 percent of the light falling on them for photosynthesis.only the one which is trapped in thyllakoid can be used


Title: can light which is not absorbed by chlorophyll be used in photosynthesis? pls explain..?
Post by: dcfredr on Jan 22, 2014
maybe the plants are using the temperature that the sunlight give,if some rays aren't absorbed and so catalysis the photosynthesis