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. 1983 Sep;73(1):25–30. doi: 10.1104/pp.73.1.25

Environmental Responses of the Post-lower Illumination CO2 Burst as Related to Leaf Photorespiration 1

H Max Vines 1,2, Zeng-Ping Tu 1,2,2, Allan M Armitage 1,2, Sheng-Shu Chen 1,2,3, Clanton C Black Jr 1,2
PMCID: PMC1066400  PMID: 16663179

Abstract

As leaf irradiance is decreased in increments, a single transient CO2 burst is exhibited by C3 plant leaves. This post-lower illumination CO2 burst (PLIB) is sensitive to changes in irradiance, to changes in the concentrations of O2 and CO2, and to temperature. Increasing O2 concentrations above ambient produces a progressively larger PLIB while increasing CO2 concentrations above ambient produces a progressively smaller PLIB. The PLIB, which exhibits many responses to environment common with other methods for measuring photorespiration and photosynthesis, is proposed as a measure of photorespiration in illuminated leaves of C3 plants. Although the PLIB cannot be used as a quantitative measurement of photorespiration, we propose that the PLIB is a rapid, easy, relatively inexpensive, nondestructive method for evaluating photorespiration in intact illuminated C3 leaves in air.

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