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Bawden and Kleczkowski1 have shown that injury to the leaves of higher plants by exposure to ultra-violet light is prevented by subsequent exposure to visible light, and have related this effect to the phenomenon of ‘photo-reactivation’ or ‘photo-reversal’. During an investigation of the effect of irradiation on the establishment of virus infection in tobacco leaves evidence of a similar effect on leaf respiration has been obtained, and further investigation produced the results presented below.
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Bawden, F. C., and Kleczkowski, A., Nature, 169, 90 (1952).
Owen, P. C., Ann. Appl. Biol., 43, 114 (1955).
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OWEN, P. Effect of Ultra-Violet Radiation on the Respiration-Rates of Tobacco Leaves, and its Reversal by Visible Light. Nature 180, 610–611 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180610a0
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