Chlorohydra is found to be green in color. This green color is due to Chlorella algae having symbiotic association with Hydra. Do this Chlorella have Chlorophyll pigment? Can we test Chlorophyll pigment from Hydra? Can we test photosynthesis using Chlorohydra?
Melvin Calvin, (born April 8, 1911, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.—died January 8, 1997, Berkeley, California), American biochemist who received the 1961 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of the chemical pathways of photosynthesis.
Lets look at Melvin Calvin and his experiments with photosynthesis.
Biotech could develop (or improve) industrial photosynthesis. Can we take a banana leaf, factorise the leaf and carry out the simplest carbohydrate photosynthesis? The banana leaf should be cut only at its handle and nutrient water will be given at the cut. The banana leaf can be placed flat in a transparent plastic (?) bag. The bag is moved to sunlit area and CO2 supplied. Will the “banana leaf photosynthesis factory” produce O2 and consume the CO2? Unless the carbohydrates comes out through the cut at the leaf handle, we will have worry about how it is to be extracted from the leaf. Maybe in that case, the nutrient pumping in, and carbohydrates pumping out has to be controlled by a ‘heart’ pump. Air ‘lung’ pumps for phototranspiration of CO2 and O2 can be tried too.
Probably it is easier to make a “photosynthesis home factory” with peepul leaf than banana leaf. Banana is better for making paper, but for photosynthesis biotech peepul scores.
