ISSN:
1365-3040
Quelle:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Thema:
Biologie
Notizen:
Abstract. A new model of photosynthesis published recently in this journal (H. Farazdaghi & G. E. Edwards, Plant, Cell and Environment (1988) 11, 789–798; 799–809) clams to have a more complete mechanistic basis than currently used models based on the paper of G. D. Farquhar, S. von Caemmerer & J. A. Berry (Planta (1980) 149, 78–90). In this paper, we examine the validity of the new kinetic expression for the rate of CO2 fixation by Rubisco, and the derivation of an equation for photosynthetic CO2 assimilation as a function of light intensity and CO2 concentration presented in the new model. In addition, we compare measured response curve of photosynthesis to CO2 and light with simulated curves using alternative models. We conclude that the new model is mechanistically misleading and, empirically, overestimates the extent to which light and CO2 co-limit the rate of photosynthesis under most physiological conditions.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.1990.tb01306.x
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