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C4 Pathway and Regulation of the Balance Between C4 and C3 Metabolism

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Water and Plant Life

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 19))

Abstract

Recent studies do not appear to support the validity of the concept of a single type of photosynthetic carbon assimilation occurring in all green plants. At least three pathways, namely, the C3, C4 and Crassulacean acid metabolism have been characterized (Hatch et al, 1971; Black, 1973; Laetsch, 1974). In addition, studies on epidermal tissue point towards operation of a photosynthetic process that has little to do with classical CO2 reduction, and is primarily involved in the osmotic regulation of stomatal opening (Allaway, 1973; Willmer et al., 1973 a, 1973 b). Furthermore, there is evidence that, at least in some plants, a shift could occur from C4 to C3 or C3 to CAM pathway (Kennedy and Laetsch, 1973; Khanna and Sinha, 1973; Laetsch, 1974; Sankhla and Huber, 1975). This shift seems to be regulated, at least partially, by factors such as light, temperature, leaf ontogeny, nutrition and substrate availability, and by the endogenous levels of bioregulants. Winter and Lüttge discuss the balance between the C3 and CAM pathways of photosynthesis in Part 5:B of this volume. This report aims at elucidating the basic aspects of the physiology and biochemistry of the C4 pathway, and at the same time evaluates the role of some environmental and internal factors in the regulation of balance between the C3 pathway and C4 pathway of carbon reduction. The possible selective advantages of C4 photosynthesis for plant adaptation to environmetal stress are also evaluated.

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Huber, W., Sankhla, N. (1976). C4 Pathway and Regulation of the Balance Between C4 and C3 Metabolism. In: Lange, O.L., Kappen, L., Schulze, ED. (eds) Water and Plant Life. Ecological Studies, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66429-8_21

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