PHOTOSYNTHESIS: Rates of Activity

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by Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler)

Originally published in The Orchid Doctor in 1980 and 1988

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It starts functioning at 6 dF; at 62 dF it achieves 60% of full activity; at 70 dF it is 83%, at SO dF it is 100%, at 90 Deg. it is 80%, at lOOd it is 40% and at llOd it does not function. AU87(2)-17
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