Plant Respiration From Cell to Ecosystem /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lambers, Hans (Editor), Ribas-Carbo, Miquel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, 18
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Plant ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Science education.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Plant Physiology.; Science Education.

Respiration in plants, as in all living organisms, is essential to provide metabolic energy and carbon skeletons for growth and maintenance. As such, respiration is an essential component of a plant’s carbon budget. Depending on species and environmental conditions, it consumes 25-75% of all the car...