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Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv Vedettos and Lycopersicon chmielewskii Rick, LA 1028, were exposed to two CO 2 concentrations (330 or 900 microliters per liter) for 10 weeks. The elevated CO 2 concentrations increased the initial ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) activity of both species for the first 5 weeks of treatment but the difference did not persist during the last 5 weeks. The activity of Mg 2+-CO 2-activated Rubisco was higher in 900 microliters per liter for the first 2 weeks but declined sharply thereafter. After 10 weeks, leaves grown at 330 microliters per liter CO 2 had about twice the Rubisco activity compared with those grown at 900 microliters per liter CO 2. The two species showed the same trend to Rubisco declines under high CO 2 concentrations. The percent activation of Rubisco was always higher under high CO 2. The phospho enolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase) activity measured in tomato leaves averaged 7.9% of the total Rubisco. PEPCase showed a similar trend with time as the initial Rubisco but with no significant difference between nonenriched and CO 2-enriched plants. Long-term exposure of tomato plants to high CO 2 was previously shown to induce a decline of photosynthetic efficiency. Based on the current study and on previous results, we propose that the decline of activated Rubisco is the main cause of the acclimation of tomato plants to high CO 2 concentrations. 相似文献
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Carbon exchange capacity of cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L.) germinated and grown in controlled environment chambers at 1000 microliters per liter CO 2 decreased from the vegetative growth stage to the fruiting stage, during which time capacity of plants grown at 350 microliters per liter increased. Carbon exchange rates (CERs) measured under growth conditions during the fruiting period were, in fact, lower in plants grown at 1000 microliters per liter CO 2 than those grown at 350. Progressive decreases in CERs in 1000 microliters per liter plants were associated with decreasing stomatal conductances and activities of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase and carbonic anhydrase. Leaf starch concentrations were higher in 1000 microliters per liter CO 2 grown-plants than in 350 microliters per liter grown plants but calcium and nitrogen concentrations were lower, the greatest difference occurring at flowering. Sucrose synthase and sucrose-P-synthase activities were similar in 1000 microliters per liter compared to 350 microliters per liter plants during vegetative growth and flowering but higher in 350 microliters per liter plants at fruiting. The decreased carbon exchange rates observed in this cultivar at 1000 microliters per liter CO 2 could explain the lack of any yield increase (MM Peet 1986 Plant Physiol 80: 59-62) when compared with plants grown at 350 microliters per liter. 相似文献
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Photosynthetic rates of outdoor-grown soybean ( Glycine max L.Merr. cv. Bragg) canopies increased with increasing CO 2 concentrationduring growth, before and after canopy closure (complete lightinterception), when measured over a wide range of solar irradiancevalues. Total canopy leaf area was greater as the CO 2 concentrationduring growth was increased from 160 to 990 mm 3 dm 3.Photosynthetic rates of canopies grown at 330 and 660 mm 3 CO 2dm 3 were similar when measured at the same CO 2 concentrationsand high irradiance. There was no difference in ribulose bisphosphatecarboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) activity or ribulose 1,5- bisphosphate(RuBP) concentration between plants grown at the two CO 2 concentrations.However, photosynthetic rates averaged 87% greater for the canopiesgrown and measured at 660 mm 3 CO 2 dm 3. A 10°C differencein air temperature during growth resulted in only a 4°Cleaf temperature difference, which was insufficient to changethe photosynthetic rate or rubisco activity in canopies grownand measured at either 330 or 660 mm 3 CO 2 dm 3. RuBP concentrationsdecreased as air temperature during growth was increased atboth CO 2 concentrations. These data indicate that the increasedphotosynthetic rates of soybean canopies at elevated CO 2 aredue to several factors, including: more rapid development ofthe leaf area index; a reduction in substrate CO 2 limitation;and no downward acclimation in photosynthetic capacity, as occurin some other species. Key words: CO 2 concentration, soybean, canopy photosynthesis 相似文献
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Pinus radiata D. Don (half-sib families 20010 and 20062) and Pinus caribaea var hondurensis (an open-pollinated family) were grown for 49 weeks at seven levels of phosphorus and at CO 2 concentrations of either 340 or 660 microliters per liter, to establish if the phosphorus requirements differed between the CO 2 concentrations and if mycorrhizal associations were affected. When soil phosphorus availability was low, phosphorus uptake was increased by elevated CO 2. This may have been related to changes in mycorrhizal competition. When the phosphorus concentration in the youngest fully expanded needles was above 600 milligrams per kilogram the shoot weight of all pine families was greater at high CO 2 due to increases in rates of photosynthesis. More dry weight was partitioned to the stems of P. radiata family 20010 and P. caribaea. At foliar phosphorus concentrations above 1000 milligrams per kilogram ( P. radiata) and 700 milligrams per kilogram ( P. caribaea), growth did not increase at 340 microliters of CO 2 per liter. Soluble sugar levels in the same needles mirrored the growth response, but the starch concentration declined with increasing phosphorus. At 660 microliters of CO 2 per liter, shoot weight and soluble sugar concentrations were still increasing up to a foliar P concentration of 1800 milligrams per kilogram for P. radiata and 1600 milligrams per kilogram for P. caribaea. The starch concentrations did not decline. These results indicate that higher foliar phosphorus concentrations are required to realize the maximum growth potential of pines at elevated CO 2. 相似文献
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The effect of sink strength on photosynthetic rates under conditions of long-term exposure to high CO 2 has been investigated in soybean. Soybean plants (Merr. cv. Fiskeby V) were grown in growth chambers containing 350 microliters CO 2 per liter air until pod set. At that time, plants were trimmed to three trifoliolate leaves and either 21 pods (high sink treatment) or 6 pods (low sink treatment). Trimmed plants were either left in 350 microliters CO 2 per liter of air or placed in 1000 microliters CO 2 per liter of air (high CO 2 treatment) until pod maturity. Whole plant net photosynthetic rates of all plants were measured twice weekly, both at 350 microliters CO 2 per liter of air and 1000 microliters CO 2 per liter of air. Plants were also harvested at this time for dry weight measurements. Photosynthetic rates of high sink plants at both measurement CO 2 concentrations were consistently higher than those of low sink plants, and those of plants given the 350 microliter CO 2 per liter of air treatment were higher at both measurement CO 2 concentrations than those of plants given the 1000 microliters CO 2 per liter of air treatment. When plants were measured under treatment CO 2 levels, however, rates were higher in 1,000 microliter plants than 350 microliter CO 2 plants. Dry weights of all plant parts were higher in the 1,000 microliters CO 2 per liter air treatment than in the 350 microliters CO 2 per liter air treatment, and were higher in the low sink than in the high sink treatments. 相似文献
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Cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L. cv Stoneville 213) was grown at 350 and 1000 microliters per liter CO 2. The plants grown at elevated CO 2 concentrations contained large starch pools and showed initial symptoms of visible physical damage. Photosynthetic rates were lower than expected based on instantaneous exposure to high CO 2. A group of plants grown at 1000 microliters per liter CO2 was switched to 350 microliters per liter CO2. Starch pools and photosynthetic rates were monitored in the switched plants and in the two unswitched control groups. Photosynthetic rates per unit leaf area recovered to the level of the 350 microliters per liter CO2 grown control group within four to five days. To assess only nonstomatal limitations to photosynthesis, a measure of photosynthetic efficiencies was calculated (moles CO2 fixed per square meter per second per mole intercellular CO2). Photosynthetic efficiency also recovered to the levels of the 350 microliters per liter CO2 grown controls within three to four days. Recovery was correlated to a rapid depletion of the starch pool, indicating that the inhibition of photosynthesis is primarily a result of feedback inhibition. However, complete recovery may involve the repair of damage to the chloroplasts caused by excessive starch accumulation. The rapid and complete reversal of photosynthetic inhibition suggests that the appearance of large, strong sinks at certain developmental stages could result in reduction of the large starch accumulations and that photosynthetic rates could recover to near the theoretical capacity during periods of high photosynthate demand. 相似文献
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Needles from phosphorus deficient seedlings of Pinus radiata D. Don grown for 8 weeks at either 330 or 660 microliters CO 2 per liter displayed chlorophyll a fluorescence induction kinetics characteristic of structural changes within the thylakoid chloroplast membrane, i.e. constant yield fluorescence (F O) was increased and induced fluorescence ([F P-F I]/F O) was reduced. The effect was greatest in the undroughted plants grown at 660 μl CO 2 L −1. By week 22 at 330 μl CO 2 L −1 acclimation to P deficiency had occurred as shown by the similarity in the fluorescence characteristics and maximum rates of photosynthesis of the needles from the two P treatments. However, acclimation did not occur in the plants grown at 660 μl CO 2 L −1. The light saturated rate of photosynthesis of needles with adequate P was higher at 660 μl CO 2 L −1 than at 330 μl CO 2 L −1, whereas photosynthesis of P deficient plants showed no increase when grown at the higher CO 2 concentration. The average growth increase due to CO 2 enrichment was 14% in P deficient plants and 32% when P was adequate. In drought stressed plants grown at 330 μl CO 2 L −1, there was a reduction in the maximal rate of quenching of fluorescence (R Q) after the major peak. Constant yield fluorescence was unaffected but induced fluorescence was lower. These results indicate that electron flow subsequent to photosystem II was affected by drought stress. At 660 μl CO 2 L −1 this response was eliminated showing that CO 2 enrichment improved the ability of the seedlings to acclimate to drought stress. The average growth increase with CO 2 enrichment was 37% in drought stressed plants and 19% in unstressed plants. 相似文献
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Photosynthetic CO 2 and O 2 exchange was studied in two moss species, Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. and Dicranum scoparium Hedw. Most experiments were made during steady state of photosynthesis, using 18O 2 to trace O 2 uptake. In standard experimental conditions (photoperiod 12 h, 135 micromoles photons per square meter per second, 18°C, 330 microliters per liter CO 2, 21% O 2) the net photosynthetic rate was around 40 micromoles CO 2 per gram dry weight per hour in H. cupressiforme and 50 micromoles CO 2 per gram dry weight per hour in D. scoparium. The CO 2 compensation point lay between 45 and 55 microliters per liter CO 2 and the enhancement of net photosynthesis by 3% O 2versus 21% O 2 was 40 to 45%. The ratio of O 2 uptake to net photosynthesis was 0.8 to 0.9 irrespective of the light intensity. The response of net photosynthesis to CO 2 showed a high apparent Km (CO 2) even in nonsaturating light. On the other hand, O 2 uptake in standard conditions was not far from saturation. It could be enhanced by only 25% by increasing the O 2 concentration (saturating level as low as 30% O 2), and by 65% by decreasing the CO 2 concentration to the compensation point. Although O 2 is a competitive inhibitor of CO 2 uptake it could not replace CO 2 completely as an electron acceptor, and electron flow, expressed as gross O 2 production, was inhibited by both high O 2 and low CO 2 levels. At high CO 2, O 2 uptake was 70% lower than the maximum at the CO 2 compensation point. The remaining activity (30%) can be attributed to dark respiration and the Mehler reaction. 相似文献
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Greenhouse-grown plants of Xanthium strumarium L. were exposed in a growth cabinet to 10 C during days and 5 C during nights for periods of up to 120 hours. Subsequently, CO 2 exchange, transpiration, and leaf temperature were measured on attached leaves and in leaf sections at 25 or 30 C, 19 C dew point of the air, 61 milliwatts per square centimeter irradiance, and CO 2 concentrations between 0 and 1000 microliters per liter ambient air. Net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance decreased and dark respiration increased with increasing duration of prechilling. The reduction in net photosynthesis was not a consequence of decreased stomatal conductance because the intercellular CO 2 concentration in prechilled leaves was equal to or greater than that in greenhouse-grown controls. The intercellular CO 2 concentration at which one-half maximum net photosynthesis occurred remained the same in prechilled leaves and controls (175 to 190 microliters per liter). Stomata of the control plants responded to changes in the CO 2 concentration of the air only slightly. Prechilling for 24 hours or more sensitized stomata to CO 2; they responded to changes in CO 2 concentration in the range from 100 to 1000 microliters per liter. 相似文献
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For the leaf succulent Agave deserti and the stem succulent Ferocactus acanthodes, increasing the ambient CO 2 level from 350 microliters per liter to 650 microliters per liter immediately increased daytime net CO 2 uptake about 30% while leaving nighttime net CO 2 uptake of these Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants approximately unchanged. A similar enhancement of about 30% was found in dry weight gain over 1 year when the plants were grown at 650 microliters CO 2 per liter compared with 350 microliters per liter. Based on these results plus those at 500 microliters per liter, net CO 2 uptake over 24-hour periods and dry weight productivity of these two CAM succulents is predicted to increase an average of about 1% for each 10 microliters per liter rise in ambient CO 2 level up to 650 microliters per liter. 相似文献
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The progressive decrease in net photosynthesis accompanying development of Mn toxicity in young leaves of burley tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L. cv KY 14) is a result of effects on in vivo activity of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco, EC 4.1.1.39). This conclusion is supported by: (a) decrease in rates of CO 2 depletion during measurements of CO 2 compensation, (b) increase in leaf RuBP concentrations, (c) progressive decreases in rate-constants of RuBP loss (light to dark transition analyses) with progressive increases of leaf Mn concentrations, and (d) restoration of diminished rates of net photosynthesis to control rates by elevated CO 2 (5%). Moreover, elevated CO 2 (1100 microliters per liter) during culture of Mn-treated plants decreased elevated RuBP concentrations to control levels and alleviated foliar symptoms of Mn toxicity. These effects of Mn toxicity on in vivo activity of rubisco were not expressed by in vitro kinetic analyses of rubisco prepared under conditions to sequester Mn or to adsorb polyphenols or their oxidation products. Similarly, the in vitro activity of fructose bisphosphatase (EC 3.1.3.11) was unaffected by Mn toxicity. 相似文献
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CO 2 concentrations of 1000 compared to 350 microliters per liter in controlled environment chambers did not increase total fruit weight or number in a monoecious cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L. cv Chipper) nor did it increase biomass, leaf area, or relative growth rates beyond the first 16 days after seeding. Average fruit weight was slightly, but not significantly greater in the 1000 microliters per liter CO 2 treatment because fruit numbers were changed more than total weight. Plants grown at 1000 and 350 microliters per liter CO 2 were similar in distribution of dry matter and leaf area between mainstem, axillary, and subaxillary branches. Early flower production was greater in 1000 microliters per liter plants. Subsequent flower numbers were either lower in enriched plants or similar in the two treatments, except for the harvest at fruiting when enriched plants produced many more male flowers than the 350 microliters per liter treatments. 相似文献
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Soybean ( Glycine max L. Merr. cv Bragg) was grown throughout its life cycle at 330, 450, and 800 microliters CO 2 per liter in outdoor controlled-environment chambers under solar irradiance. Leaf ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (RuBPCase) activities and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) levels were measured at selected times after planting. Growth under the high CO 2 levels reduced the extractable RuBPCase activity by up to 22%, but increased the daytime RuBP levels by up to 20%. Diurnal measurements of RuBPCase (expressed in micromoles CO2 per milligram chlorophyll per hour) showed that the enzyme values were low (230) when sampled before sunrise, even when activated in vitro with saturating HCO3− and Mg2+, but increased to 590 during the day as the solar quantum irradiance (photosynthetically active radiation or PAR, in micromoles per square meter per second) rose to 600. The nonactivated RuBPCase values, which averaged 20% lower than the corresponding HCO3− and Mg2+-activated values, increased in a similar manner with increasing solar PAR. The per cent RuBPCase activation (the ratio of nonactivated to maximum-activated values) increased from 40% before dawn to 80% during the day. Leaf RuBP levels (expressed in nanomoles per milligram chlorophyll) were close to zero before sunrise but increased to a maximum of 220 as the solar PAR rose beyond 1200. In a chamber kept dark throughout the morning, leaf RuBPCase activities and RuBP levels remained at the predawn values. Upon removal of the cover at noon, the HCO3− and Mg2+-activated RuBPCase values and the RuBP levels rose to 465 and 122, respectively, after only 5 minutes of leaf exposure to solar PAR at 1500. These results indicate that, in soybean leaves, light may exert a regulatory effect on extractable RuBPCase in addition to the well-established activation by CO2 and Mg2+. 相似文献
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Previous reports indicate that ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) binds very tightly to inactive ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase (rubisco) in vitro. Therefore, we decided to investigate whether there was evidence for tight binding of RuBP associated with deactivation of rubisco in vivo. We modified a technique for rapidly separating `free' metabolites from those bound to high molecular compounds. Arabidopsis thaliana plants were illuminated at various irradiances before freezing the leaves in liquid N 2 and assaying rubisco activity and RuBP. The percentage activation of rubisco varied from 37% at low irradiance (45 micromoles quanta per square meter per second) to 100% at high irradiance (800 micromoles quanta per square meter per second). The total amount of RuBP did not vary much with irradiance, but bound RuBP changed from 36% of the total at low irradiance to none at high irradiance. Bound RuBP was significantly correlated with the estimated number of inactive rubisco sites, with a ratio of about 1:1. After a step increase in irradiance, rubisco activation increased and total RuBP increased transiently, but steady levels of both occurred by 10 minutes. The amount of bound RuBP decreased with a similar time course to the estimated decrease in inactive rubisco sites. After a step decrease in irradiance, rubisco deactivated slowly for at least 25 minutes. Bound RuBP increased gradually but did so more slowly than the estimated increase in inactive rubisco sites. 相似文献
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Photoautotrophic calli of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia were grown for 3 weeks under two CO 2 concentrations (500 and 20,000 microliters of CO 2 per liter). Calli cultured at high CO 2 exhibited a two-fold higher rate of growth. At CO 2 test levels, these calli were characterized by a lower net photosynthetic capacity than calli cultured at low CO 2. This diminution due to CO 2 adaptation could be ascribed to a 170% stimulation of dark respiration, a 40% decrease in total ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (Rubisco) activity, and also to a feedback inhibition of photosynthesis: high CO 2 grown calli contained about 5.5-fold more sucrose and three-fold less orthophosphate (Pi) than low CO 2 grown calli. Whether the decrease in Rubisco activity is related to the accumulation of sucrose and to the Pi limitation is discussed. Both calli exhibited a Warburg-effect showing the existence of active photorespiration at low CO 2. In calli grown at low CO 2 with 5 millimolar aminoacetonitrile (AAN), an inhibitor of the glycolate pathway, fresh weight decreased by 25% and chlorophyll content by 40%, dark respiration increased by 50% and net CO 2 uptake decreased by about 60% at 340 microliters of CO 2 per liter and 35% at 10,000 microliters of CO 2 per liter. In these calli, glutamine and glutamate contents were half of control calli. In contrast, AAN did not provoke any noticeable effect in calli grown at high CO 2. In photoautotrophic calli, the inhibition of the glycolate pathway by AAN results in severe perturbations in glutamate metabolism and in chlorophyll biosynthesis. 相似文献
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The requirements for activation of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rubisco) were investigated in leaves of Arabidopsis wild-type and a mutant incapable of light activating rubisco in vivo. Upon illumination with saturating light intensities, the activation state of rubisco increased 2-fold in the wild-type and decreased in the mutant. Activation of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate phosphatase was unaffected by the mutation. Under low light, rubisco deactivated in both the wild-type and the mutant. Deactivation of rubisco in the mutant under high and low light led to the accumulation of high concentrations of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate. Inhibiting photosynthesis with methyl viologen prevented ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate accumulation but was ineffective in restoring rubisco activation to the mutant. Net photosynthesis and the rubisco activation level were closely correlated and saturated at a lower light intensity in the mutant than in wild-type. At CO 2 concentrations between 100 and 2000 microliters per liter, the activation state was a function of the CO 2 concentration in the dark but was independent of CO 2 concentration in the light. High CO 2 concentration (1%) suppressed activation in the wild-type and deactivation in the mutant. These results support the concept that rubisco activation in vivo is not a spontaneous process but is catalyzed by a specific protein. The absence of this protein, rubisco activase, is responsible for the altered characteristics of rubisco activation in the mutant. 相似文献
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Large (about 200 grams dry weight) and small (about 5 grams dry weight) specimens of the leaf succulent Agave vilmoriniana Berger were grown outdoors at Phoenix, Arizona. Potted plants were maintained in open-top chambers constructed with clear, plastic wall material. Four CO 2 concentrations of 350, 560, 675, and 885 microliters per liter were used during two growth periods and two water treatments. Small and large plants were grown for 6 months, while a few large plants were grown for 1 year. Wet-treatment plants received water twice weekly, whereas dry-treatment plants received slightly more water than they would under natural conditions. Plant growth rates in all treatments were significantly different between small and large specimens, but not between 6 month and 1 year large plants. Only the dry-treatment plants exhibited statistically different growth rates between the CO 2 treatments. This productivity response was equivalent to a 28% and 3-fold increase when mathematically interpolated between CO 2 concentrations of 300 and 600 microliters per liter for large and small plants, respectively. 相似文献
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The light and CO 2 response of (a) photosynthesis, (b) the activation state and total catalytic efficiency ( kcat) of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (rubisco), and (c) the pool sizes of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate, (RuBP), ATP, and ADP were studied in the C 3 annuals Chenopodium album and Phaseolus vulgaris at 25°C. The initial slope of the photosynthetic CO 2 response curve was dependent on light intensity at reduced light levels only (less than 450 micromoles per square meter per second in C. album and below 200 micromoles per square meter per second in P. vulgaris). Modeled simulations indicated that the initial slope of the CO 2 response of photosynthesis exhibited light dependency when the rate of RuBP regeneration limited photosynthesis, but not when rubisco capacity limited photosynthesis. Measured observations closely matched modeled simulations. The activation state of rubisco was measured at three light intensities in C. album (1750, 550, and 150 micromoles per square meter per second) and at intercellular CO 2 partial pressures ( C1) between the CO 2 compensation point and 500 microbars. Above a C1 of 120 microbars, the activation state of rubisco was light dependent. At light intensities of 550 and 1750 micromoles per square meter per second, it was also dependent on C1, decreasing as the C1 was elevated above 120 microbars at 550 micromoles per square meter per second and above 300 microbars at 1750 micromoles per square meter per second. The pool size of RuBP was independent of C1 only under conditions when the activation state of rubisco was dependent on C1. Otherwise, RuBP pool sizes increased as C1 was reduced. ATP pools in C. album tended to increase as C1 was reduced. In P. vulgaris, decreasing C1 at a subsaturating light intensity of 190 micromoles per square meter per second increased the activation state of rubisco but had little effect on the kcat. These results support modelled simulations of the rubisco response to light and CO 2, where rubisco is assumed to be down-regulated when photosynthesis is limited by the rate of RuBP regeneration. 相似文献
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Numerous net photosynthetic and dark respiratory measurements were made over a period of 4 years on leaves of 24 sour orange ( Citrus aurantium) trees; 8 of them growing in ambient air at a mean CO 2 concentration of 400 microliters per liter, and 16 growing in air enriched with CO 2 to concentrations approaching 1000 microliters per liter. Over this CO 2 concentration range, net photosynthesis increased linearly with CO 2 by more than 200%, whereas dark respiration decreased linearly to only 20% of its initial value. These results, together with those of a comprehensive fine-root biomass determination and two independent aboveground trunk and branch volume inventories, suggest that a doubling of the air's current mean CO 2 concentration of 360 microliters per liter would enhance the growth of the trees by a factor of 3.8. 相似文献
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One-year-old plants of the CAM leaf succulent Agave vilmoriniana Berger were grown outdoors at Riverside, California. Potted plants were acclimated to CO 2-enrichment (about 750 microliters per liter) by growth for 2 weeks in an open-top polyethylene chamber. Control plants were grown nearby where the ambient CO 2 concentration was about 370 microliters per liter. When the plants were well watered, CO 2-induced differences in stomatal conductances and CO 2 assimilation rates over the entire 24-hour period were not large. There was a large nocturnal acidification in both CO 2 treatments and insignificant differences in leaf chlorophyll content. Well watered plants maintained water potentials of −0.3 to −0.4 megapascals. When other plants were allowed to dry to water potentials of −1.2 to −1.7 megapascals, stomatal conductances and CO 2 uptake rates were reduced in magnitude, with the biggest difference in Phase IV photosynthesis. The minor nocturnal response to CO 2 by this species is interpreted to indicate saturated, or nearly saturated, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity at current atmospheric CO 2 concentrations. CO 2-enhanced diurnal activity of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase activity remains a possibility. 相似文献
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