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. 2020 Feb 10;144(1):85–99. doi: 10.1007/s11120-020-00716-z

Table 2.

Estimates (standard errors in brackets) of two major parameters (δ and m), and Vcmax and Tp, from fitting Eq. (6) to irradiance- and CO2 response curves of five O2 levels for leaves of tomato and rice

Parameter Unit Estimates
Tomato Rice
δ (a coefficient defining variations in gm,dif) 1.41 (0.09) 1.03 (0.05)
m (lumped anatomical-feature parameter) 0.29 (0.07) 0.00
Vcmax (maximum rate of Rubisco activity) a μmol m−2 s−1 113.70 (3.51) 111.0 (6.44)
Tp (rate of triose phosphate utilization) b μmol m−2 s−1 8.31 (0.11) 7.81 (0.06)
R2 0.992 0.993

aSensitivity analysis showed that only the estimate of Vcmax depends on values of KmC and KmO (see text); here Vcmax was estimated using KmC = 291 μbar and KmO = 194 mbar (Cousins et al. 2010)

bSensitivity analysis showed that only the estimate of Tp depends on the value of α (see text); here Tp was estimated assuming that α = 0.3 (Busch and Sage 2017)