The genus Oryza, which includes rice (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) and wild relatives, is a useful genus to study leaf properties in order to identify structural features that control CO(2) access to chloroplasts, photosynthesis, water use efficiency, and drought tolerance. Traits, 26 structural and 17 functional, associated with photosynthesis and transpiration were quantified on 24 acce...

namomum camphora Sieb. was followed over a growing season from July to December 1992. Dark respiration was exponentially related to temperature, with a Q10 value near 2. Light dependence of photosynthetic CO2 refixation, i.e., the ratio of gross photosynthesis to dark respiration, was approximated by a hyperbolic function. Seasonal variation in maximum CO2 refixation capacity ranged between 52 ...

Abstract Photosynthetic rate and water use efficiency (WUE) are crucial for the sustainable of in agriculture. Our objective was to analyze variability photosynthetic related traits maize ( Zea mays L.) other summer crops a temperate humid area. We evaluated parameters three years compared them pigeonpea chickpea, adapted arid environments, pepper, tomato common bean, as irrigated crops. Variab...

The effects of gibberellic acid (GA3) on growth, physiology and yield of salt-stressed mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern & Coss) cv. Varuna plants were studied. The stress imposed by 25 or 50 mM NaCl reduced substantially leaf area, dry mass, leaf chlorophyll content, stomatal conductance and net photosynthetic rate 50 days after emergence. At harvest, although other yield components were gener...

The fluorescence intensity from randomly oriented Rhodobacter (Rb.) sphaeroides photosynthetic reaction centers at 77 K increases in an applied electric field. This is ascribed to a net reduction in the rate of the initial electron transfer reaction which competes with fluorescence due to the effect of the field on the free energy of charge separation. Quantitative analysis of the fluorescence ...

Measurements of gross photosynthesis; respiration, rate of net oxygen diffusion, and organic storage are reported for 7 microcosms maintained over periods of 5 to 7 months. Average rates of gross photosynthesis ranged from 0.86 to 1.69 g Oz/m2/day and were related to the amounts of inorganic nutrients added. Average final organic storage was equal to 35.6% of gross photosynthesis. Assumed photo...