Showing posts with label plant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plant. Show all posts

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Why plants reject green, most abundant wavelength in sun?

When we look at the solar spectrum it has its maximum around green.



 
So it is really odd, that plants reject green light  when it has the most energy. Is it simply the quirk of evolution [chlorophyll won out as the top photo synthesizer] or is there a deeper reason?