The triose phosphate utilization limitation of photosynthetic rate: Out of global models but important for leaf models
Luke M. Gregory, Alan M. McClain, David Kramer, Jeremy Pardo, Kaila Smith, Oliver L Tessmer, Berkley J. Walker, Leonardo G. Ziccardi, Thomas D. Sharkey
Abstract
The effect of including triose phosphate utilization (TPU) on parameterization of the Farquhar, von Caemmerer, Berry model of photosynthetic gas exchange measurements is explored. Better fits to data are found even though TPU rarely limits photosynthesis under physiological conditions.
Topics & Concepts
PhotosynthesisPhosphateBotanyChemistryBiologyEnvironmental scienceBiochemistryPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsPlant responses to elevated CO2Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms