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Academics Natural & Social Sciences  Photosynthetic Rates of C3
and C4 Plants Under Two Light Types  Tammy Schlichenmaier,
Department of Biology, University of Nebraska Kearney, Kearney,
Nebraska 68849, USA  Mentor: Joseph T. Springer, Professor,
Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney,
Nebraska 68849, USA. Email:  To Cite This Paper:
Schlichenmaier, T. J. 1997. Photosynthetic rates of C3 and C4
plants under two light types. Senior Research Thesis, Department
of Biology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney,
Nebraska.   A procedure is described for the isolation of
chloroplasts from C3 and C4 plants which included sorghum, corn,
spinach, and iceberg lettuce. The chloroplasts were isolated
using centrifugation procedures for each type of plant and were
subsequently kept on ice to prevent the rupture of the
chloroplasts. The chloroplasts were then combined with DCIP, a