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  1. R. J. Geider

    Present address: College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, 19958-1298, Lewes, Delaware, USA

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  1. Department of Botany, University College Dublin, 4, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

    B. A. Osborne

  2. Department of Plant Biology, University of Birminghan, P.O. Box 363, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK

    R. J. Geider

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This is the first letter on the topic of cyclic photophosphorylation in vivo. The readers should also read J. Meyers (Is there significant cyclic electron flow around photoreaction 1 in cyanobacteria), Photosynthesis Research 14: 55–70 (1987)...Govindjee, editor.

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Osborne, B.A., Geider, R.J. Measurements of minimum photon requirements. Photosynth Res 16, 291–292 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00028847

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