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Photosynthetic O 2 production and photorespiratory O 2 uptake were measured using isotopic techniques, in the C 3 species Hirschfeldia incana Lowe., Helianthus annuus L., and Phaseolus vulgaris L. At high CO 2 and normal O 2, O 2 production increased linearly with light intensity. At low O 2 or low CO 2, O 2 production was suppressed, indicating that increased concentrations of both O 2 and CO 2 can stimulate O 2 production. At the CO 2 compensation point, O 2 uptake equaled O 2 production over a wide range of O 2 concentrations. O 2 uptake increased with light intensity and O 2 concentration. At low light intensities, O 2 uptake was suppressed by increased CO 2 concentrations so that O 2 uptake at 1,000 microliters per liter CO 2 was 28 to 35% of the uptake at the CO 2 compensation point. At high light intensities, O 2 uptake was stimulated by low concentrations of CO 2 and suppressed by higher concentrations of CO 2. O 2 uptake at high light intensity and 1000 microliters per liter CO 2 was 75% or more of the rate of O 2 uptake at the compensation point. The response of O 2 uptake to light intensity extrapolated to zero in darkness, suggesting that O 2 uptake via dark respiration may be suppressed in the light. The response of O 2 uptake to O 2 concentration saturated at about 30% O 2 in high light and at a lower O 2 concentration in low light. O 2 uptake was also observed with the C 4 plant Amaranthus edulis; the rate of uptake at the CO 2 compensation point was 20% of that observed at the same light intensity with the C 3 species, and this rate was not influenced by the CO 2 concentration. The results are discussed and interpreted in terms of the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate oxygenase reaction, the associated metabolism of the photorespiratory pathway, and direct photosynthetic reduction of O 2. 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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The submerged aquatic plant Isoetes howellii Engelmann possesses Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) comparable to that known from terrestrial CAM plants. Infrared gas analysis of submerged leaves showed Isoetes was capable of net CO 2 uptake in both light and dark. CO 2 uptake rates were a function of CO 2 levels in the medium. At 2,500 microliters CO 2 per liter (gas phase, equivalent to 1.79 milligrams per liter aqueous phase), Isoetes leaves showed continuous uptake in both the light and dark. At this CO 2 level, photosynthetic rates were light saturated at about 10% full sunlight and were about 3-fold greater than dark CO 2 uptake rates. In the dark, CO 2 uptake rates were also a function of length of time in the night period. Measurements of dark CO 2 uptake showed that, at both 2,500 and 500 microliters CO 2 per liter, rates declined during the night period. At the higher CO 2 level, dark CO 2 uptake rates at 0600 h were 75% less than at 1800 h. At 500 microliters CO 2 per liter, net CO 2 uptake in the dark at 1800 h was replaced by net CO 2 evolution in the dark at 0600 h. At both CO 2 levels, the overnight decline in net CO 2 uptake was marked by periodic bursts of accelerated CO 2 uptake. CO 2 uptake in the light was similar at 1% and 21% O 2, and this held for leaves intact as well as leaves split longitudinally. Estimating the contribution of light versus dark CO 2 uptake to the total carbon gain is complicated by the diurnal flux in CO 2 availability under field conditions. 相似文献
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Developmental changes in photosynthetic gas exchange were investigated in the mannitol synthesizing plant celery ( Apium graveolens L. `Giant Pascal'). Greenhouse-grown plants had unusually high photosynthetic rates for a C 3 plant, but consistent with field productivity data reported elsewhere for this plant. In most respects, celery exhibited typical C 3 photosynthetic characteristics; light saturation occurred at 600 micromoles photons per square meter per second, with a broad temperature optimum, peaking at 26°C. At 2% O 2, photosynthesis was enhanced 15 to 25% compared to rates at 21% O 2. However, celery had low CO 2 compensation points, averaging 7 to 20 microliters per liter throughout the canopy. Conventional mechanisms for concentrating CO 2 were not detectable. 相似文献
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With an experimental system using mass spectrometry techniques and infra-red gas analysis of CO 2 developed for aquatic plants, we studied the responses to various light intensities and CO 2 concentrations of photosynthesis and O 2 uptake of the red macroalga Chondrus crispus S. The CO 2 exchange resistance at air-water interface which could limit the photosynthesis was experimentally measured. It allowed the calculation of the free dissolved CO 2 concentration. The response to light showed a small O 2 uptake (37% of net photosynthesis in standard conditions) compared to C 3 plants; it was always higher than dark respiration and probably included a photoindependent part. The response to CO 2 showed: (a) an O 2 uptake relatively insensitive to CO 2 concentration and not completely inhibited with high CO 2, (b) a general inhibition of gas exchanges below 130 microliters CO 2 per liter (gas phase), (c) an absence of an inverse relationship between O 2 and CO 2 uptakes, and (d) a low apparent Km of photosynthesis for free CO 2 (1 micromolar). These results suggest that O 2 uptake in the light is the sum of different oxidation processes such as the glycolate pathway, the Mehler reaction, and mitochondrial respiration. The high affinity for CO 2 is discussed in relation to the use of HCO 3− and/or the internal CO 2 accumulation. 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 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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Intact air-grown (photosynthetic photon flux density, 400 microeinsteins per square meter per second) clover plants ( Trifolium subterraneum L.) were transfered to high CO 2 (4000 microliters CO 2 per liter; photosynthetic photon flux density, 400 microeinsteins per square meter per second) or to high light (340 microliters CO 2 per liter; photosynthetic photon flux density, 800 microeinsteins per square meter per second) to similarly stimulate photosynthetic net CO 2 uptake. The daily increment of net CO 2 uptake declined transiently in high CO 2, but not in high light, below the values in air/standard light. After about 3 days in high CO 2, the daily increment of net CO 2 uptake increased but did not reach the high light values. Nightly CO 2 release increased immediately in high light, whereas there was a 3-day lag phase in high CO 2. During this time, starch accumulated to a high level, and leaf deterioration was observed only in high CO 2. After 12 days, starch was two- to threefold higher in high CO 2 than in high light, whereas sucrose was similar. Leaf carbohydrates were determined during the first and fourth day in high CO 2. Starch increased rapidly throughout the day. Early in the day, sucrose was low and similar in high CO 2 and ambient air (same light). Later, sucrose increased considerably in high CO 2. The findings that (a) much more photosynthetic carbon was partitioned into the leaf starch pool in high CO 2 than in high light, although net CO 2 uptake was similar, and that (b) rapid starch formation occurred in high CO 2 even when leaf sucrose was only slightly elevated suggest that low sink capacity was not the main constraint in high CO 2. It is proposed that carbon partitioning between starch (chloroplast) and sucrose (cytosol) was perturbed by high CO 2 because of the lack of photorespiration. Total phosphate pools were determined in leaves. Concentrations based on fresh weight of orthophosphate, soluble esterified phosphate, and total phosphate markedly declined during 13 days of exposure of the plants to high CO 2 but changed little in high light/ambient air. During this time, the ratio of orthophosphate to soluble esterified phosphate decreased considerably in high CO 2 and increased slightly in high light/ambient air. It appears that phosphate uptake and growth were similarly stimulated by high light, whereas the coordination was weak in high CO 2. 相似文献
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Two naturally occurring species of the genus Alternanthera, namely A. ficoides and A. tenella, were identified as C 3-C 4 intermediates based on leaf anatomy, photosynthetic CO 2 compensation point (Γ), O 2 response of г, light intensity response of г, and the activities of key enzymes of photosynthesis. A. ficoides and A. tenella exhibited a less distinct Kranz-like leaf anatomy with substantial accumulation of starch both in mesophyll and bundle sheath cells. Photosynthetic CO 2 compensation points of these two intermediate species at 29°C were much lower than in C 3 plants and ranged from 18 to 22 microliters per liter. Although A. ficoides and A. tenella exhibited similar intermediacy in г, the apparent photorespiratory component of O 2 inhibition in A. ficoides is lower than in A. tenella. The г progressively decreases from 35 microliters per liter at lowest light intensity to 18 microliters per liter at highest light intensity in A. tenella. It was, however, constant in A. ficoides at 20 to 25 microliters per liter between light intensities measured. The rates of net photosynthesis at 21% O 2 and 29°C by A. ficoides and A. tenella were 25 to 28 milligrams CO 2 per square decimeter per hour which are intermediate between values obtained for Tridax procumbens and A. pungens, C 3 and C 4 species, respectively. The activities of key enzymes of C 4 photosynthesis, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, pyruvate Pi dikinase, NAD malic enzyme, NADP malic enzyme and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in the two intermediates, A. ficoides and A. tenella are very low or insignificant. Results indicated that the relatively low apparent photorespiratory component in these two species is presumably the basis for the C 3-C 4 intermediate photosynthesis. 相似文献
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Experiments are described further indicating that O 2-resistant photosynthesis observed in a tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum) mutant with enhanced catalase activity is associated with decreased photorespiration under conditions of high photorespiration relative to net photosynthesis. The effects on net photosynthesis of (a) increasing O 2 concentrations from 1% to 42% at low CO 2 (250 microliters CO 2 per liter), and (b) of increasing O 2 concentrations from 21% to 42% at high CO 2 (500 microliters CO 2 per liter) were investigated in M 6 progeny of mutant and wild-type leaf discs. The mutant displayed a progressive increase in net photosynthesis relative to wild type with increasing O 2 and the faster rate at 42% O 2 was completely reversed on returning to 21% O 2. The photosynthetic rate by the mutant was similar to wild type in 21% and 42% O 2 at 500 microliters CO 2 per liter, and a faster rate by the mutant was restored on returning to 250 microliters CO 2 per liter. The results are consistent with a lowered release of photorespiratory CO 2 by the mutant because greater catalase activity inhibits the chemical decarboxylation of α-keto acids by peroxisomal H 2O 2. Higher catalase activity was observed in the tip and middle regions of expanding leaves than in the basal area. On successive selfing of mutant plants with enhanced catalase activity, the percent of plants with this phenotype increased from 60% in M 4 progeny to 85% in M 6 progeny. An increase was also observed in the percent of plants with especially high catalase activity (averaging 1.54 times wild type) on successive selfings suggesting that homozygosity for enhanced catalase activity was being approached. 相似文献
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The response of net O 2 exchange to light intensity by intact Anacystis nidulans cells in the presence of saturating NaHCO 3 concentrations followed a curve with an inflection near the light-compensation point. Addition of either KNO 3 or NH 4Cl stimulated O 2 uptake in the dark and at light intensities below the light-compensation point. This resulted in steeper slopes of the curve calculated below and above the light-compensation point. At O 2 concentrations limiting dark respiration, addition of inorganic nitrogen had no effect on either dark respiration or O 2 exchange in the light. The apparent changes in photosynthetic yield observed under normal O 2 concentration disappeared when respiration was limited by O 2 availability, indicating that the effects of inorganic nitrogen on O 2 exchange at low light intensities are due to stimulation of respiration rather than to increases in photosynthetic yield. 相似文献
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Glycolate and ammonia excretion plus oxygen exchanges were measured in the light in l-methionine- dl-sulfoximine treated air-grown Chlamydomonas reinhardii. At saturating CO 2 (between 600 and 700 microliters per liter CO 2) neither glycolate nor ammonia were excreted, whereas at the CO 2 compensation concentration (<10 microliters per liter CO 2) treated algae excreted both glycolate and ammonia at rates of 37 and 59 nanomoles per minute per milligram chlorophyll, respectively. From the excretion values we calculate the amount of O 2 consumed through the glycolate pathway. The calculated value was not significantly different from the component of O 2 uptake sensitive to CO 2 obtained from the difference between O 2 uptake of the CO 2 compensation point and at saturating CO 2. This component was about 40% of stationary O 2 uptake measured at the CO 2 compensation point. From these data we conclude that glyoxylate decarboxylation in air-grown Chlamydomonas represents a minor pathway of metabolism even in conditions where amino donors are deficient and that processes other than glycolate pathway are responsible for the O 2 uptake insensitive to CO 2. 相似文献
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A series of laboratory exposures of two varieties of bush bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L., var 274 and var 290) was conducted to determine the sensitivity of [ 14C]photosynthate allocation patterns to alteration by SO 2 and O 3. Experiments with the pollution-resistant 274 variety demonstrated short-term changes in both 14C and biomass allocation to roots of 14CO 2-labeled plants but no significant effect on yield by up to 40 hours of exposure to SO 2 at 0.50 microliters per liter or 4 hours of O 3 at 0.40 microliters per liter. Subsequent experiments with the more sensitive 290 variety demonstrated significant alteration of photosynthesis, translocation, and partitioning of photosynthate between plant parts including developing pods. Significant increases in foliar retention of photosynthate (+40%) occurred after 8 hours of exposure to SO 2 at 0.75 microliters per liter (6.0 microliters per liter-hour) and 11 hours of exposure to O 3 at 0.30 microliters per liter-hour (3.3 microliters-hours). Time series sampling of labeled tissues after 14CO 2 uptake showed that the disruption of translocation patterns was persistent for at least 1 week after exposures ceased. Subsequent longer-term exposures at lower concentrations of both O 3 (0.0, 0.10, 0.15, and 0.20 microliters per liter) and SO 2 (0.0, 0.20, and 0.40 microliters per liter) demonstrated that O 3 more effectively altered allocation than SO 2, that primary leaves were generally more sensitive than trifoliates, and that responses of trifoliate leaves varied with plant growth stage. Altered rates of allocation of photosynthate by leaves were generally associated with alterations of similar magnitude and opposite direction in developing pods. Collectively, these experiments suggest that allocation patterns can provide sensitive indices of incipient growth responses of pollution-stressed vegetation. 相似文献
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Water hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes [Mart.] Solms) plants were grown in environmental chambers at ambient and enriched CO 2 levels (330 and 600 microliters CO 2 per liter). Daughter plants (ramets) produced in the enriched CO 2 gained 39% greater dry weight than those at ambient CO 2, but the original mother plants did not. The CO 2 enrichment increased the number of leaves per ramet and leaf area index, but did not significantly increase leaf size or the number of ramets formed. Flower production was increased 147%. The elevated CO 2 increased the net photosynthetic rate of the mother plants by 40%, but this was not maintained as the plants acclimated to the higher CO 2 level. After 14 days at the elevated CO 2, leaf resistance increased and transpiration decreased, especially from the adaxial leaf surface. After 4 weeks in elevated as compared to ambient CO 2, ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase activity was 40% less, soluble protein content 49% less, and chlorophyll content 26% less; whereas starch content was 40% greater. Although at a given CO 2 level the enriched CO 2 plants had only half the net photosynthetic rate of their counterparts grown at ambient CO 2, they showed similar internal CO 2 concentrations. This suggested that the decreased supply of CO 2 to the mesophyll, as a result of the increased stomatal resistance, was counterbalanced by a decreased utilization of CO 2. Photorespiration and dark respiration were lower, such that the CO 2 compensation point was not altered. The photosynthetic light and CO 2 saturation points were not greatly changed, nor was the O 2 inhibition of photosynthesis (measured at 330 microliters CO 2 per liter). It appears that with CO 2 enrichment the temporary increase in net photosynthesis produced larger ramets. After acclimation, the greater total ramet leaf area more than compensated for the lower net photosynthetic rate on a unit leaf area basis, and resulted in a sustained improvement in dry weight gain. 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 rate of photorespiration of Douglas-fir seedlings was measured under different light intensities by: (1) extrapolating the curve for CO 2 uptake in relation to atmospheric CO 2 content to zero CO 2 content, and (2) measuring CO 2 evolution of the plants into a CO 2-free airstream. Different results, obtained from these techniques, were believed to be caused by a severe restriction of the photosynthetic activity when the latter was used. With the first method, CO 2 evolution was lower than the dark respiration rate at low light intensity. For all temperatures studied (6°, 20°, 28°) a further increase in light intensity raised the CO 2 evolution above dark respiration before it leveled off. The rate of CO 2 evolution was stimulated by increase in temperature at all light intensities. With the CO 2-free air method, CO 2 evolution in the light was less than dark respiration at all light intensities. 相似文献
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During the period of most active leaf expansion, the foliar dark respiration rate of soybeans ( Glycine max cv Williams), grown for 2 weeks in 1000 microliters CO 2 per liter air, was 1.45 milligrams CO 2 evolved per hour leaf density thickness, and this was twice the rate displayed by leaves of control plants (350 microliters CO 2 per liter air). There was a higher foliar nonstructural carbohydrate level ( e.g. sucrose and starch) in the CO 2 enriched compared with CO 2 normal plants. For example, leaves of enriched plants displayed levels of nonstructural carbohydrate equivalent to 174 milligrams glucose per gram dry weight compared to the 84 milligrams glucose per gram dry weight found in control plant leaves. As the leaves of CO 2 enriched plants approached full expansion, both the foliar respiration rate and carbohydrate content of the CO 2 enriched leaves decreased until they were equivalent with those same parameters in the leaves of control plants. A strong positive correlation between respiration rate and carbohydrate content was seen in high CO 2 adapted plants, but not in the control plants. Mitochondria, isolated simultaneously from the leaves of CO2 enriched and control plants, showed no difference in NADH or malate-glutamate dependent O2 uptake, and there were no observed differences in the specific activities of NAD+ linked isocitrate dehydrogenase and cytochrome c oxidase. Since the mitochondrial O2 uptake and total enzyme activities were not greater in young enriched leaves, the increase in leaf respiration rate was not caused by metabolic adaptations in the leaf mitochondria as a response to long term CO2 enrichment. It was concluded, that the higher respiration rate in the enriched plant's foliage was attributable, in part, to a higher carbohydrate status. 相似文献
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The nature of the different processes of O 2 uptake involved in the light in the red macroalga Chondrus crispus Stackhouse ( Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) was investigated. At limiting CO 2, INH (2.5 mM) did not alter the O 2 uptake rate. Glycolate was not excreted and did not accumulate within the cells. KCN reduced the rate of O 2 uptake in the light by 76% at limiting CO 2 and by 43% at saturating CO 2, but caused > 95% inhibition of O 2 evolution. DCMU (5 μM) totally blocked the photosynthetic electron transport chain, but allowed a residual O 2 uptake of 3.0±0.6 μmol O 2 .h ?1.g ?1 FW, irrespective of the CO 2 concentration. In saturating CO 2, a high light intensity pretreatment significantly stimulated the rate of O 2 uptake compared to net O 2 evolution, suggesting the persistence, in the light, of mitochondrial respiration. Irrespective of the CO 2 concentration, the optimum temperature for O 2 evolution was 17°C whereas dark O 2 uptake increased linearly with temperature. In contrast, O 2 uptake in the light showed an optimum at 17°C in limiting CO 2, and 21–25° C in saturating CO 2; its Q 10 was 2.4 at limiting CO 2, a value close to that of RuBP oxygenase, and 3.1 at saturating CO 2, a value close to that of dark respiration. It is concluded that: 1) mitochondrial respiration and Mehler reaction are both involved at all CO 2 concentrations, 2) RuBP oxygenase activity cannot account for more than 45%, and Mehler reaction for less than 20%, of the total O 2 uptake observed in the light at limiting CO 2. 相似文献
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Two cultivars of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L. cvs Sonoita and Yecora Rojo) were grown to maturity in a growth chamber within four sub-chambers under two CO 2 levels (350 or 1000 microliters per liter) at either ambient (21%) or low O 2 (5%). Growth analysis was used to characterize changes in plant carbon budgets imposed by the gas regimes. Large increases in leaf areas were seen in the low O 2 treatments, due primarily to a stimulation of tillering. Roots developed normally at 5% O 2. Seed development was inhibited by the subambient O 2 treatment, but this effect was overcome by CO 2 enrichment at 1000 microliters per liter. Dry matter accumulation and seed number responded differently to the gas treatments. The greatest dry matter production occurred in the low O 2, high CO 2 treatment, while the greatest seed production occurred in the ambient O 2, high CO 2 treatment. Growth and assimilation were stimulated more by either CO 2 enrichment or low O 2 in cv Yecora Rojo than in Sonoita. These experiments are the first to explore the effect of whole plant low O 2 treatments on growth and reproduction. The finding that CO 2 enrichment overcomes low O 2-induced sterility may help elucidate the nature of this effect. 相似文献
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