Net CO2 uptake rates for Hylocereus undatus and Selenicereus megalanthus under field conditions: Drought influence and a novel method for analyzing temperature dependence

Photosynthetica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-186

  Ben Asher, J ^a   Nobel, P S ^b   Yossov, E ^a   Mizrahi, Y ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Cacti; CAM plants; Optimal temperature; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase; Ribulose 1,5 bis phosphate carboxylase oxygenase

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS; SELENICEREUS MEGALANTHUS;

EID: 33646476285     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-006-0004-y     Document Type: Article

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