The Effect of Prolonged Shading on the Light Saturation Curves of Apparent Photosynthesis in Sun Plants.
- 1 January 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 32 (1) , 61-63
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.32.1.61
Abstract
The rate of apparent photosynthesis in relation to light intensity was measured in leaves of 7 species. Measurements were performed on plants of each species which had developed in the greenhouse, in full sunlight or at 100 to 700 foot-candles. All species had been determined previously as having the typical light curves of sun plants when growing under conditions similar to those of their natural habitat. With 1 exception leaves of the shade-grown plants were light saturated at a light intensity at 1000 foot-candles lower than those of the sun plants. The compensation points of the shade plants, with 1 exception, were lowered by 0 to 100 foot-candles from those of the sun plants.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Light as an ecological factor and its measurement. IIThe Botanical Review, 1945