below). Several recent reviews on photoinhibition are available. History The first measurements of photoinhibition were published in 1956 by Bessel Kok. Even in the very first studies it became obvious that plants have a repair mechanism that continuously repairs photoinhibitory damage. In 1966, Jones and Kok measured the action spectrum of photoinhibition and found that ultraviolet light is highly photoinhibitory. The visible-light part of the action spectrum was found to have a peak in the re… (More on Photoinhibition)