This book contains selected overviews on several important aspects of photosynthesis and provides both tutorial content and critical insight into the future of photosynthesis research. Photosynthesis has been a challenging scientific topic since it deals with the process by which a wide range of organisms from bacteria to higher plants convert solar energy to chemical energy for producing food, fibre and fuel out of small molecules of carbon dioxide and water. Deeper and greater understanding of this process holds a promise for a more sustainable Earth with enjoyable pollution-free environment with new technologies for food and cleaner energy for a peaceful and progressive society. Thus, there have been global efforts to mimic the photosynthetic process to meet the needs of the future world. This book having 19 chapters, gives glimpses of recent progress and future projections on photosynthesis, a process that feeds all living organisms and sustains the globe honours Professor Govindjee, Emeritus Professor of Biophysics Biochemistry & Plant Biology at the University of Illinios, USA. He is an outstanding researcher & teacher of photosynthesis and a global leader for stimulating photosynthesis research throughout the world. This book is useful for researcher/faculty and students as reference/text for courses in plant biology, environmental biology and agriculture. About the Author Shigeru Itoh is Professor Emeritus at Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. He obtained his doctor of Science degree from the Department of Biochemistry, Tokyo University in 1974. He has worked as Research Fellow in the Medical School, University of Bristol, UK and as Assistant Professor in Kyusyu University and Associate Professor in National Institute of Basic Biology in Okazaki, Japan. He also worked as a visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Biophysics at Illinois University, Illinois, USA. He has a wide research experience in the area of Biophysics and Evolution of Photosynthetic Primary Reactions, working on Light reactions of primitive photosynthetic bacteria, cyanobacteria, lichens, moss, higher plants, and artificial photosynthesis. Mohanty Prasanna did his M.Sc. at Utkal University, Orissa and obtained his M.S. & Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Illinois, USA and his postdoctoral training at the Photochemistry Unit of Professor Jim Botton, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. He taught in several colleges in Orissa, India before joining University of Illinois for his doctoral studies in the laboratory of Professor Govindjee. He retired from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi as Professor of Bioenginetics & Photobiochemistry of the School of Life Sciences and currently, is a Honorary scientist of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India. His interests have been in the studies of photobioenergetics of cyanobacteria, algae and green plants. Guruprasad N. Kadur is Professor of Plant Physiology and School of Life Sciences, Devi Ahilya University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Botany from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad in 1979. He specializes in the area of Photobiology and has a vast experience of teaching and research in this area. He has been a JSPS visiting scientist at Kobe University, Kobe, Japan and at the Department of Biophysics, Moscow University, Moscow, Russia. He works in the area of impact of UV radiation on Plant photomorphogenesis and Photosynthesis. Table of Contents Dissecting Oxygenic Photosynthesis: The Evolution of the Z- Scheme for Thylakoid ReactionsMolecular Architecture of Photosynthetic apparatusState Shifts in Photosynthetic Organisms: Tracking Traits and TechniquesDissipation of Excess absorbed Energy by the Photosynthetic Apparatus of CyanobacteriaThe Functional Sites of Electron Transfer Co-factors in Photosystem II Studied by Pulsed EPRDelayed Fluorescence in a Millisecond range A Probe for the Donor Side-induced Photoinhibition in Photosystem IIRedox-control of Leaf variegation and Chloroplast Biogenesis in Arabidopsis thalianaTranscriptional Response to low Oxygen conditions in Synechocystis sp strain PCC 6803 includes induction of a Gene Cluster containing psb A and patC2Mutants of Chlorophyllase OxygenaseA Comprehensive Study of the Effects of Nitrite Anion on Photosynthetic Electron Transport ChainMitochondrial Oxidative Metabolism Optimize Photosynthetic carbon Assimilation through Redox and Rox linked metabolite shuttlesChanges in Chloroplasts during Senescence and Abiotic StressesInactivation and Turnover of Photosynthetic Machinery Under heat StressSalinity Tolerance Strategies in mangroves: salt Shock Experiments for Assessing Stress triggered Effects during salt Stress and Post Stress recovery in a true Mangrove Bruguiera gymnorhizaMetal Toxicity in PhotosynthesisEfect of Heavy metals on Photosynthetic Carbon Assimilation and Thermoluminiscence of Unicellular alga Chlorella pyrenoidosaPhotosynthetic regulation of Senescence in Green leaves: Involvement of Sugar signalingUV Radiation and PhotosynthesisFluorescence studies in PhotosynthesisIndex