Abstract
PHOTOSYNTHESIS, upon which all living organisms depend directly or indirectly for their existence, is still imperfectly understood. We know that the green plant takes in its carbon in the form of the carbon dioxide of the air, and we also know that carbohydrate appears in the leaf, as the result of the fixation of the carbon through the action of the sun?s rays with the chlorophyll. The intermediate stages are still a matter of conjecture.
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P., J. The First Sugar of Photosynthesis and the Rôle of Cane Sugar in the Plant. Nature 127, 634–635 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127634a0
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