Dragaera

Linguistics and population

Frank Mayhar frank at exit.com
Mon Jul 26 19:26:27 PDT 2004

Steve Brust wrote:
> Actually, it isn't all that complicated.  _Principles of Field Crop
> Production_ by Martin, Leonard, and Stamp, third edition, page 76 has a
> very convenient chart showing how plants are effected by various light
> spectra.  Turns out "orange-red" is right up there; you don't lose very
> much.

Part of the reason that chlorophyll is green.  It absorbs mostly orangish
light, reflecting the rest.
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