Decreased Rubisco activity during water stress is not induced by decreased relative water content but related to conditions of low stomatal conductance and chloroplast CO2 concentration

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-82

  Flexas, J ^a   Ribas Carbo M ^a   Bota, J ^a   Galmes J ^a   Henkle, M ^a   Martinez Canellas S ^a   Medrano, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid (ABA); Relative water content (RWC); Rubisco activity; Stomatal conductance; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; WATER;

ABSCISIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SOYBEAN; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOYBEAN; TOBACCO;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPLASTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PLANT LEAVES; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SOYBEANS; TOBACCO; WATER;

GLYCINE MAX; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33747599367     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01794.x     Document Type: Article

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