The C4 pathway: An efficient CO2 pump

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 191-207

  Von Caemmerer, Susanne ^a   Furbank, Robert T ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

C4 photosynthesis; CO2 leakage; Modelling photosynthesis; Photosynthetic efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042892115     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025830019591     Document Type: Short Survey

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