TABLE OF CONTENTS | A | assimilation (of carbon dioxide through photosynthesis) | |
| AA | arachidonaic acid | |
| ADP | adenosine diphosphate | |
| AEC | Arable Energy Coppice | |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate | |
| AM | Air Mass | |
| BChl | bacteriochlorophyll | |
| BECs | biomass and energy crops | |
| BPh | bacteriopheophytin | |
| bp | before present | |
| Da | dalton | |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid | |
| DHA | docosahexanoic acid or dehydroascorbate | |
| DHAP | dihydroxyacetonephosphate | |
| dm | dry mass | |
| dw | dry weight | |
| CAM | Crassulacean acid metabolism | |
| [CH 2O] | carbohydrate | |
| Chl | chlorophyll | |
| CFB | circulating fluidised bed | |
| E4P | eryt hrose 4 phosphate | |
| ELIPs | Early Light Induced Proteins | |
| EPA | eicosapentanoic acid | |
| ETBE | ethyl tertiary butyl ether | |
| FBP | fructose 1,6 bisphosphate | |
| Fd | ferredoxin | |
| G3P | glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate | |
| Ga | giga-annum (10 9 years) | |
| GAI | Growth Area Index (ratio of the area of photosynthetically active crop tissue to land area) | |
| g Nm ?3 | grammes per N(ormal) cubic metre, i.e. at standard T (25C) and P (1 bar) conditions | |
| GPP | Gross Primary Productivity | |
| GtC | gigatonnes of carbon | |
| GtCO 2 | gigatonnes of carbon dioxide | |
| His | histidine | |
| HSPs | heat-shock proteins | |
| IGCC | Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle | |
| IP | identity preservation | |
| IR | infrared radiation | |
| kDa | kilodalton | |
| LHI, LHII | light-harvesting complex I or II of purple photosynthetic bacteria | |
| LHCI, LHCII | light-harvesting complex I or II of the peripheral antennae of higher plants | |
| LSW | leaf specific weight | |
| Ma | mega-annum (10 6 years) | |
| MDHA | monodehydroascorbate | |
| MPR | Mehler peroxidase... |
