C3, C4

1983 • 560 pages • EN

Written by Gerry Edwards, David Walker

Energy and laws. Energy and light. The photochemical apparatus and its function. The formation of ATP, the generation of assimilatory power. The reductive pentose phosphate pathway and associated reactions. Induction. Plastids and intracellular transport. The regulation of photosynthetic carbon assimilation. Discovery of the C4 pathway. Three C4 sungroups: biochemistry, photochemistry and taxonomy. Integration of functions in C4 photosynthesis. Photorespiration. Primary carboxylases and environmental regulation of photosynthesis and transpiration. Crassulace an acid metabolism. Comparative studies of C3, C4 metabolism in other plant tissue.