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IN a recent paper (Proc. Roy. Soc., B, 105, p. 1) G. E. Briggs discusses critically the determination of the radiant energy which is actually absorbed by the chloroplast pigments of the living cell. He considers that my own researches (Ann. de Physiol., t. 1, p. 47; 1925) upon this subject do not provide accurate data for the determination of the relative efficiency in different parts of the visible spectrum, and that for three reasons:
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WURMSER, R. The Energetic Efficiency of Photosynthesis. Nature 124, 912–913 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124912a0
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