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Light-Stimulated Burst of Carbon Dioxide Uptake following Nocturnal Acidification in the Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Plant Kalanchoë diagremontiana¹

Lehrstuhl für Botanik II, Universität Würzburg, 8700 Würzburg, West Germany

CO₂ exchange characteristics were studied during the light-stimulated burst of CO₂ uptake (MB) immediately following a period of nocturnal CO₂ fixation in the Crassulacean acid metabolism plant Kalanchoë daigremontiana. During the early parts of the MB, stimulation of net CO₂ uptake by low ambient O₂ concentration (1.5%) was small, and leaves showed the capacity for net CO₂ uptake at low ambient CO₂ partial pressure (30 microbars) and when the MB was interrupted by darkness. During the later phase of the MB, stimulation of net CO₂ uptake by 1.5% O₂ was increased, and net CO₂ loss was recorded both at 30 microbars CO₂ and during dark interruptions. These results suggest that CO₂ fixation during the MB occurs simultaneously via phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (predominant during the early phase of the MB) and via ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase (predominant during the later phase of the burst). The magnitude and duration of the MB was increased by a reduction in the length of the dark period and by low (15°C) compared to high (30°C) leaf temperatures.

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