The Influence of Temperature on the Respiration of Cotton Leaf-Discs
- 1 July 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 31 (4) , 275-278
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.31.4.275
Abstract
Leaf-discs cut from maturing cottom (Gossypium hirsutum, var. Acala 4-42) were used to determine respiration rates at temperatures from 5[degree] to 55[degree]C in Warburg apparatus. Over a period of 3 hours the rate of respiration increased with temperature up to 45CC, and at 50[degree] and 55[degree]C there was an initial decrease in respiration. At temperatures below 25[degree]C there was some tendency for the respiration to increase with time over a 3 hour period and above 30[degree]C for respiration to decrease with time. At 45[degree] and 50[degree]C the decrease with time was not as great as at temperatures of 35[degree] and 40[degree]C. The effect of temperature on the rate of respiration of cotton leaves seems to be similar to the effect of temperature on pea seedlings demonstrated by Fernandes in 1922.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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