Sentences with phrase «produce chlorophyll»

For example, photosynthesis is the process by which a plant uses sunlight and oxygen to produce chlorophyll.

The experiment showed that, without this enzyme, these cyanobacteria could no longer synthesize chlorophyll f. By artificially adding the gene that encodes the enzyme, the researchers also showed that this one enzyme is all that is necessary to convert cyanobacteria that normally do not produce chlorophyll f into ones that can produce it.

On the day of the photosynthesis activity, students split into groups of four to determine the ideal wavelength and intensity of light for producing chlorophyll.

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They're frozen at the peak of ripeness and, ironically, are often more nutritionally rich than fresh produce which is picked prior to fully ripening, followed by weeks of transport, store display, and time in our homes before ever being eaten) Add a handful of powerful, chlorophyll and mineral rich greens to tuck inside all that flavorful goodness... and you're ready to get blending.

The plant growth habit of «NuMex Piñata» is smaller and tends to decline earlier in the season due to the lack of chlorophyll produced by the foliage.

What makes matcha unique though is the green tea leaves spend their last few weeks growing in the shade, which causes them produce more chlorophyll — the chemical compound that gives matcha it's bright vibrant color.

Adding in your favorite super greens powder provides blood purifying chlorophyll, tons of energy producing B vitamins and powerful anti-oxidants for tissue repair and anti-aging.

«When these little ocean plants are starved for iron, they produce more chlorophyll than they need,» says lead researcher Michael Behrenfeld of Oregon State University.

And the satellite will also spy on plants» carbon uptake by measuring the weak fluorescence that is produced by chlorophyll during photosynthesis.

These included its response to light stimulus, the amount of chlorophyll it produces and its ability to convert raw materials into energy.

By taking ice samples for the last five winters and analyzing for the chlorophyll produced by algae and photosynthetic bacteria, Twiss and his team have determined that from November to April the Lake experiences great primary productivity, more so than in spring or summer.

If the enzyme is an evolutionary predecessor of Photosystem II, then evolution borrowed an enzyme that was originally used for chlorophyll synthesis and used it to evolve an enzyme that could produce oxygen, which ultimately led to changes in Earth's atmosphere,» said Bryant.

«Powdery mildew disease causes the leaves of the grapevines to lose their chlorophyll and stop producing sugar,» said Walter Gassmann, an investigator at the Bond Life Sciences Center and professor in the Division of Plant Sciences in the College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources at MU.

OCO - 2 will also closely monitor the carbon uptake of plants by measuring the weak fluorescence that is produced during photosynthesis as plants» chlorophyll pigments absorb light to capture energy and subsequently re-emit photons at longer wavelengths.

They usually take the form of chloroplasts, which like cyanobacteria contain chlorophyll and produce organic compounds (such as glucose) through photosynthesis.

Matcha is a special type of green tea produced by shading the leaves of the green tea plant at the end of growing to increase the chlorophyll content and create a very mild and bright green tea.

The tencha leaves are sheltered from the sun to produce a vibrant shade of green due to the increased amount of chlorophyll.

Chlorella and Spirulina: The chlorophyll in these two binds to toxins and improves the body's ability to bring oxygen to the cells, which means the cells produce more antioxidants to fight toxicity.

That chlorophyll in plants also helps to produce energy in our body.

Chlorophyll is the plant based compound that allows these organisms to produce energy from photosynthesis or from the sun's photons.

This limits the availability of sun light and forces the leaves to work harder to produce photosynthesis, and the result is higher levels of chlorophyll.

EatCleanTea's green tea leaves are shaded during harvest so that they produce more chlorophyll and have 137x the level of antioxidants as green tea.

The amount of chlorophyll in a product indicates how green and healthy the grass was that produced it.

But, come fall, a tree's leaves produce less chlorophyll.

The plant produces fluorescent light when sunlight excites the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll.

Dr. Kiang also relates this work to research in astrobiology, particularly with regard to how photosynthetic activity produces signs of life at the global scale (e.g., biogenic gases like oxygen and photosynthetic pigments like chlorophyll) and how these may exhibit adaptations to alternative environments on extrasolar planets, resulting in other «biosignatures» that might be detected by space telescopes.