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The energy of visible light, which is the driving force of photosynthesis, is also potentially damaging to the photosynthetic apparatus. The related phenomena have been termed photoinhibition of photosynthesis (for a review see ref. 1). By means of various protective mechanisms plants seem to be able to minimize light-induced damage. Under favorable environmental conditions little or no photoinhibition can be detected. However, if absorption of light and turnover of the absorbed light energy are highly unbalanced, damage may occur. Such situation may arise, e.g., when shade-adapted plants are exposed to full sunlight. Even a light flux as permanently received by the plant during growth can induce damage, when energy utilization in photosynthetic or photorespiratory carbon metabolism is severely restricted. This may be caused by various environmental stress factors (1). The protecting effect of carbon metabolism has been experimentally demonstrated for whole leaves (1) and for intact chloroplasts (2,3).
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Krause, G.H., Laasch, H. (1987). Photoinhibition of Photosynthesis Studies on Mechanisms of Damage and Protection in Chloroplasts. In: Biggins, J. (eds) Progress in Photosynthesis Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0519-6_3
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