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Agriculture · Q139

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 139

Q139

The scientist to discover photophosphorylation was

A.
Amon
Answer
B.
Hill
C.
Willstatter and Stoll
D.
Park and Biggins

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The scientist to discover photophosphorylation was Amon.
In 1954, Daniel I. Arnon et.al. discovered photophosphorylation in vitro in isolated chloroplasts with the help of P32. His first review of the early research of photophosphorylation was published in 1956.
In the process of photosynthesis, the phosphorylation of ADP to form ATP using the energy of sunlight is called photophosphorylation.