Plants with the C 3, C 4, and crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthetic pathways
show characteristically different discriminations against 13 C during photosynthesis. For …

Abstract Background and Scope The growth of experimental studies of crassulacean acid
metabolism (CAM) in diverse plant clades, coupled with recent advances in molecular …

Marion H. O'Leary he efficiency of photosynthesis continues to interest biochem-ists,
biologists, and plant physiologists. Scientists interested in CO2 uptake are concerned about …

Climatic extremes threaten agricultural sustainability worldwide. One approach to increase
plant water-use efficiency (WUE) is to introduce crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) into C …

The functional significance of different photosynthetic CO2 fixation pathways is a question
which can be answered in many ways, each being appropriate to certain scales of enquiry …

summary CAM species, which taxonomically are at least five times more numerous than C4
species, often grow‐slowly, as is the case for various short‐statured cacti and many …

The secretory activity of plants is a manifestation of the fundamental property of all living
organisms: the ability to exchange substances and energy with the environment. This book …

The tree of life is resplendent with examples of convergent evolution, whereby distinct
species evolve the same trait independently. Many highly convergent adaptations are also …

Stomata control gaseous fluxes between the internal leaf air spaces and the external
atmosphere and, therefore, play a pivotal role in regulating CO2 uptake for photosynthesis …

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a specialised mode of photosynthesis that
improves atmospheric CO2 assimilation in water-limited terrestrial and epiphytic habitats …