In 1984, we described the development of a new concept in the design of photodynamic
herbicides and demonstrated the phenomenology of the process by using a harmless amino …

Synthesis of chlorophyll involves the conversion of a porphyrin-type molecule in the
magnesium branch of the tetrapyrrole pathway to a dihydroporphyrin or chlorin. This is …

Abstract Treatment with acifluorfen-methyl (AFM), methyl 5-(2-chloro-4-[tri-fluoromethyl]
phenoxy)-2-nitrobenzoate, inhibited protochlorophyllide synthesis in dark-held, δ-amino …

In higher plants, most of the chlorophyll a is formed via the divinyl and monovinyl chlorophyll
monocarboxylic biosynthetic routes. These two routes are strongly interconnected prior to …

It is shown that barley (Hordeum vulgare), a dark monovinyl/light divinyl plant species, and
cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) a dark divinyl/light divinyl plant species synthesize …

A six-branched chlorophyll a biosynthetic pathway instead of a four-branched pathway has
been proposed as being responsible for the formation of chlorophyll a in green plants. The …

Among the responses of plastids to light (see Chaps. 11, 12 and 13 this Vol.) chlorophyll
(ide) accumulation has been investigated most extensively. This may be due to the fact that …

General equations which permit the determination of the amounts of any two closely related
fluorescent compounds which can be distinguished by 77° K but not by 293° K …

Since the 1963 seminal review of Smith and French (62), our understanding of the
chlorophyll (chl) biosynthetic pathway has changed dramatically. Several factors have …

Higher plants have been classified into four different greening groups depending on the
monovinyl and divinyl protochlorophyllide biosynthetic patterns at night and in daylight. We …