Loss of photosystem II during ontogeny of sorghum bundle sheath chloroplasts

1 January 1971

journal article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Botany

Vol. 49 (1) , 179-180
https://doi.org/10.1139/b71-030

Abstract

The bundle sheath chloroplasts of Sorghum bicolor lose their grana during ontogeny. Their ability to reduce the Hill reagent tetranitro blue tetrazolium chloride is also lost. Grana appear necessary for non-cyclic photosynthetic electron flow.

Keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY
PHOTOSYSTEM II
BUNDLE SHEATH