Plant Respiration - From Cell to Ecosystem (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

Respiration in plants, as in all living organisms, is essential to provide metabolic energy and carbon skeletons for growth and maintenance. As such, respiration is an essential component of a planta (TM)s carbon budget. Depending on species and environmental conditions, it consumes 25-75% of all the carbohydrates produced in photosynthesis a" even more at extremely slow growth rates. Respiration in plants can also proceed in a manner that produces neither metabolic energy nor carbon skeletons, but heat. This type of respiration involves the cyanide-resistant, alternative oxidase; it is unique to plants, and resides in the mitochondria. The activity of this alternative pathway can be measured based on a difference in fractionation of oxygen isotopes between the cytochrome and the alternative oxidase. Heat production is important in some flowers to attract pollinators; however, the alternative oxidase also plays a major role in leaves and roots of most plants. A common thread throughout this volume is to link respiration, including alternative oxidase activity, to plant functioning in different environments.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, 18
Release date:	July 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Hans Lambers • Univ. de les Illes Balears
Dimensions:	279 x 210 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	250
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-3588-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4020-3588-8
Barcode:	9781402035883

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