Non-Photochemical Quenching and Energy Dissipation in Plants, Algae and Cyanobacteria

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Demmig-Adams, Barbara (Editor), Garab, Gyozo (Editor), Adams III, William (Editor), Govindjee, (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Including Bioenergy and Related Processes, 40
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Renewable energy resources.; Proteins.; Oxidative stress.; Microbiology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Oxidative Stress.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Protein Structure.; Renewable and Green Energy.

Harnessing the sun’s energy via photosynthesis is at the core of sustainable production of food, fuel, and materials by plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Photosynthesis depends on protection (photoprotection) against the perils of intense sunlight.  The first line of defense among a cascade of photo...