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Effect of CO₂, O₂, and Light on Photosynthesis and Photorespiration in Wheat

Département de Biologie, Service de Radioagronomie, CEN Cadarache, BP 1, 13115 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France

Unidirectional O₂ fluxes were measured with ¹⁸O₂ in a whole plant of wheat cultivated in a controlled environment. At 2 or 21% O₂, O₂ uptake was maximum at 60 microliters per liter CO₂. At lower CO₂ concentrations, it was strongly inhibited, as was photosynthetic O₂ evolution. At 2% O₂, there remained a substantial O₂ uptake, even at high CO₂ level; the O₂ evolution was inhibited at CO₂ concentrations under 330 microliters per liter. The O₂ uptake increased linearly with light intensity, starting from the level of dark respiration. No saturation was observed at high light intensities. No significant change in the gas-exchange patterns occurred during a long period of the plant life. An adaptation to low light intensities was observed after 3 hours illumination. These results are interpreted in relation to the functioning of the photosynthetic apparatus and point to a regulation by the electron acceptors and a specific action of CO₂. The behavior of the O₂ uptake and the study of the CO₂ compensation point seem to indicate the persistence of mitochondrial respiration during photosynthesis.

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