When reading about how green / leafy plants work, I saw that they have chlorophyll A & B, which allow the plant to use the energy from light by capturing and transforming.
When reading about Chlorophyll, I saw some charts showing "peak points" for each type for light wavelengths. Apparently, each chlorophyll type has both peak points.
Since from further reading I learn that plants can use all the light in the visible spectrum for photosynthesis, I'm wondering (my questions >>):
- What do "peak points" of wavelength correspond to / stand for?
- How does light peaking in red spectrum (say around 630nm) differ to (or affect plants) compared to light in red spectrum peaking at 680nm (which I gather is Chlorophyll A peak-ish)?
- When same amount of radiant flux is projected to leaves on different wavelengths, one far from a chlorophyll peak the other near, which one gives more energy to plant and why?
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