An evaluation of the recycling in measurements of photorespiration |
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| Authors: | Gerbaud A Andre M |
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| Affiliation: | Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique et de Photophysiologie, INRA 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France. |
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| Abstract: | All measurements of photorespiration and gross photosynthesis in leaves, whether using isotopes or not, are underestimated because of the recycling of O2 or CO2. On the basis of a simple diffusion model, we propose a method for the calculation of the recycling and the corresponding underestimation of the measurements. This procedure can be applied when the stomatal resistance is known, and allows for a correction of certain results in the literature. It is found that measurements of the photorespiratory CO2 release are usually underestimated by 20 to 100%, which sets the estimated rate of CO2 photorespired at 30 to 50% of the net photosynthesis in C3 plants under normal conditions. In water stress studies, the correction of the photorespiration is still more important (1.5-3.3) because the stomata are closed more. Analysis of the diffusion of O2 shows that its recycling is low and that the underestimation of photorespiration with 18O2 is negligible. |
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