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Photon yield of O2 evolution and chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics at 77 K among vascular plants of diverse origins
Photon yields of oxygen evolution at saturating CO2 were determined for 44 species of vascular plants, representing widely diverse taxa, habitats, life forms and growth conditions. The photonyield values on the b...
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Paraheliotropic leaf movement in Siratro as a protective mechanism against drought-induced damage to primary photosynthetic reactions: damage by excessive light and heat
Damage to primary photosynthetic reactions by drought, excess light and heat in leaves of Macroptilium atropurpureum Dc. cv. Siratro was assessed by measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence emission kinetics at 7...
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Inhibition of photosynthetic reactions under water stress: interaction with light level
When the shrub Nerium oleander L., growing under full natural daylight outdoors, was subjected to water stress, stomatal conductance declined, and so did non-stomatal components of photosynthesis, including the C...
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Photoinhibition of photosynthesis: effect on chlorophyll fluorescence at 77K in intact leaves and in chloroplast membranes of Nerium oleander
The effect of exposing intact leaves and isolated chloroplast membranes of Nerium oleander L. to excessive light levels under otherwise favorable conditions was followed by measuring photosynthetic CO2 uptake, el...
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Carboxydismutase activity in plants with and without β-carboxylation photosynthesis
A comparison was made of the activity of carboxydismutase (ribulose-1,5-diphosphate carboxylase) between higher plant species which possess the β-carboxylation (C4-dicarboxylic acid) pathway for photosynthesis an...
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Simultaneous measurements on the effect of oxygen concentration on water vapor and carbon dioxide exchange in leaves
Transpiration rate was unaffected by O2 concentration in the range 1–80% when illuminated leaves ofAtriplex patula andA. rosea were kept at low CO2 concentrations. Moreover, the marked increase in the rate of lig...
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Comparative studies of photosynthesis and respiration in ecological races