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What roles do accessory pigments chlorophyll b and carotenoids have in photosynthesis?

April 26, 2017Botany carotenoids Chlorophyll Mathematics photosynthesis Pigments roles

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What roles do accessory pigments chlorophyll b and carotenoids have in photosynthesis?

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They absorb those wavelengths of light not picked up by chlorophyll a and so increase the absorption of light and efficiency of photosynthesis. They are part of the antenna complex of pigments which pass the energy to chlorophyll a in the reaction centres of the light stage.