Review article. Ozone depletion and increased UV-B radiation: is there a real threat to photosynthesis?

Abstract

on photosynthetic competence or light-interception.It is concluded that O 3 depletion and the concurrent rise This critical review of recent literature questions earlin UV-B irradiance is not a direct threat to photosynier predictions that photosynthetic productivity of thetic productivity of crops and natural vegetation.higher plants is vulnerable to increased ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation as a result of stratospheric ozone (O 3 )