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Which scientist showed that only the green part of the plants will release oxygen?(a) Jan Ingenhousz(b) Joseph Priestly(c) C. Van Neil(d) T. W. EngelmannThe question was posed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.My enquiry is from Photosynthesis Basics in chapter Photosynthesis in Higher Plants of Biology – Class 11

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Correct answer is (a) Jan Ingenhousz

Best explanation: Jan Ingenhousz showed that sunlight is ESSENTIAL for the plant process as it purifies the fouled AIR due to pollution or breathing animals. He found out the presence of bubbles in the green PART of the plant WHEREAS it was absent during dark. These bubbles were later termed as oxygen.



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