Claim · model-written summary
The authors judged photoinhibitory feedback unlikely to explain the Rubisco capacity limit at high latitudes.
- Taxon
- Spartina pectinata
Sporobolus michauxianuse1 - Outcome
- C(4) success at high latitudese0
- Qualifier
- it is unlikely via a photoinhibitory feedback mechanisme0
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Verbatim
e0“The low Rubisco capacity of C(4) species is a potential limiting factor to C(4) success at high latitudes, but our findings suggest that it is unlikely via a photoinhibitory feedback mechanism”
t0“grasses”
e1“Spartina pectinata (C(4) ) and Calamogrostis canadensis (C(3) )”
Title
Field analysis of photoprotection in co‐occurring cool climateC3andC4grasses
Philip‐Edouard Shay; David S Kubien Physiologia Plantarum 2012. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01662.x
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation The two grasses had similar chronic photoinhibition susceptibility, except possibly at spring emergence.
- Observation C. canadensis had higher protective dynamic photoinhibition across the growing season.
- Observation S. pectinata had greater Φ(NPQ) during temperature minima.
- Observation S. pectinata had lower EPS during temperature minima.