Term Name: energy quenching
Synonyms:
Definition: The process by which excess light energy absorbed by chlorophyll and not used to drive photosynthesis is emitted by nonphotochemical quenching or chlorophyll fluorescence.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:1990066]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: response to light stimulus
has subtype: chlorophyll fluorescence nonphotochemical quenching