Harvesting the Sun
- Synopsis
- A review of our knowledge of how plants utilise sunlight, including the research that led to the 1988 Nobel Prize for chemistry. Plants produce oxygen when exposed to light, and produce starch. The green colour is due to chlorophyll containing organelles; chloroplast has the ability to trap and store the energy of sunlight. Some simple experiments show how sunlight is used by the thylakoids within the chloroplast. Also describes the results of some recent research about the molecular mechanism of phytosyntesis.
- Series
- Biology: Form and Function, Course S203
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
- Year of production
- 1991
- Availability
- Off-air recording licence
Sale; 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p) - Subjects
- Biology
- Keywords
- botany; chlorophyll; chloroplasts; photosynthesis; physiology - plant; phytosynthesis; plants
Credits
- Producer
- Barrie Whatley
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Open University Worldwide
- Web
- http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 1908 274066
- Address
- Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA - Notes
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