Low stomatal and internal conductance to CO2 versus Rubisco deactivation as determinants of the photosynthetic decline of ageing evergreen leaves

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2168-2184

  Ethier, G J ^a   Livingston, N J ^a   Harrison, D L ^a   Black, T A ^b   Moran, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

A Ci curves; CO2 transfer conductance; Leaf ageing; Photosynthesis model Pseudotsuga menziesii; Rubisco activity

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; PIGMENT; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

AGING POPULATION; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOENERGETICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVERGREEN TREE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DOUGLAS FIR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CATALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PSEUDOTSUGA; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TIME FACTORS;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33750540172     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01590.x     Document Type: Article

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