Abstract
Photosynthesis and nitrogenase acetylene-reducing activity (ARA) were measured in soybeans (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) in which the shoots were exposed for 48 h to 60 [mu]L L-1 CO2, a value corresponding to their CO2 compensation point. Six hours after the beginning of the light period at low CO2, the ARA started to decrease, reaching a rate of 50% of the control rate in 14 to 24 h and 20% of the control rate in 34 to 38 h after the beginning of the CO2 treatment. At these times, there was no net photosynthesis, and the transpiration rate was 20% lower than that in the control plants. An increase in the partial pressure of O2 around the nodules alleviated this inhibition of ARA. The maximal ARA achieved at 40 kPaO2 was 3 times higher than that at 20 kPa O2 and similar to the maximal ARA of the control plants. It was argued that the decrease in ARA of soybean exposed to the CO2 compensation point was due to a decrease in the nodule's permeability to O2 diffusion.
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