13C/12C Ratio Changes in Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Plants
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- 1 November 1973
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 52 (5), 427-430
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.52.5.427
Abstract
13C/12C ratios have been found in totally combusted leaves of Crassulacean acid metabolism plants to range from −14 to −33 δ 13C‰ compared with a limestone standard. Crassulacean acid metabolism plants apparently utilize both ribulose-1, 5-diphosphate carboxylase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase to assimilate atmospheric CO2 and, depending on environmental conditions, have 13C/12C ratios indicative of either carboxylase or to any intermediate value. The degree of discrimination against 13C and the resultant 13C/12C ratio from the photosynthetically fixed CO2 is influenced by environmental conditions and is not a specific and fixed characteristic of a Crassulacean acid metabolism plant. Certain Crassulacean acid metabolism plants may shift their ratios as much as 17 δ 13C‰ in specific environments.Keywords
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