Describe very briefly the contribution of the following scientists :
(1) Jan Ingcnhousz
(2) C.B. Van Niel
(3) Joseph Priestly
(2) C.B. Van Niel, proposed that the oxygen produced during the photosynthesis comes from water and not carbon dioxide.
(3) Joseph Priestly reported that green plants purify the air and restore to the air whateever the burning of candle or breathing animals remove from the air.
What is photosystem ? Which is the pigment that acts as reaction centre ? Describe the interaction of photosystem I and photosystem II.
Name the pentose phosphatew which is a CO2 acceptor in the dark reaction of photosynthesis ?
Give comparison between the following :
(b) Cyclic and non-cyclic photophosphorylation