Melvin Calvin & Calvin Cycle — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptMELVIN CALVIN born in Minnesota in April, 1911, received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota. He served as Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.
Match the following scientists with their primary contributions to understanding photosynthesis: Column I (Scientist) A. Joseph Priestley B. Jan Ingenhousz C. Julius von Sachs D. Cornelius van Niel E. Melvin Calvin Column II (Contribution) 1. Showed light is essential for oxygen release by green plant parts. 2. Discovered the pathway of carbon assimilation using radioisotope C14. 3. Demonstrated that plants restore the air. 4. Provided evidence for glucose production and its storage as starch. 5. Proposed that oxygen evolved in photosynthesis comes from water, not carbon dioxide.
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