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Regulation of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Kalanchoë pinnata as Studied by Gas Exchange and Measurements of Chlorophyll Fluorescence

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Crassulacean Acid Metabolism

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 114))

Abstract

As is well known, CAM plants open stomata at night and close them during the day to save water in regions characterized by periodic drought, hot days and cooler nights (see reviews by Winter 1985; Lüttge 1987; Griffiths 1988; Leegood and Osmond 1990; Smith and Bryce 1992). At night, they permit entry of atmospheric CO2, which is transiently stored in the vacuole in the form of a carboxylic group of malic acid. In the light, malate is released from the vacuole and decarboxylated in the cytosol, usually behind closed stomata. The Calvin cycle of the chloroplasts and associated reactions then take care of the decarboxylation products CO2 and pyruvate, which are converted into carbohydrates.

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  1. Julius-von-Sachs-Institut für Biowissenschaften, Universität Würzburg, Mittlerer Dallenberg- weg 64, D-97082, Würzburg, Germany

    U. Heber, W. M. Kaiser & S. Neimanis

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  1. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P.O. Box 2072, Balboa, Republic of Panama

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  2. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK

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  3. Magdalen College, Oxford, OX1 4AU, UK

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Heber, U., Kaiser, W.M., Neimanis, S. (1996). Regulation of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Kalanchoë pinnata as Studied by Gas Exchange and Measurements of Chlorophyll Fluorescence. In: Winter, K., Smith, J.A.C. (eds) Crassulacean Acid Metabolism. Ecological Studies, vol 114. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79060-7_7

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