Carbon dioxide compensation and its association with the photoperiodic response of plants

1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 1146-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Purohit ◽  
E. B. Tregunna
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Crassulacean Acid Metabolism ◽  
Acid Metabolism ◽  
Photoperiodic Response ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
High Carbon ◽  
Short Day ◽  
Long Day ◽  
Photoperiodic Responses ◽  
High Carbon Dioxide

Species within subfamilies and tribes of the Gramineae that have low carbon dioxide compensation values are either short-day or day-neutral in their photoperiodic requirement for flowering; those with high carbon dioxide compensation values are long-day, with a few exceptions. Photoperiodic screening of some species of Atriplex, Amaranthus, and Panicum revealed that the species with the C4 syndrome are quantitative short-day or day-neutral, except for P. miliaceum. Those lacking the C4 syndrome have a qualitative short-day requirement for flowering. It is assumed that the C4 syndrome is a derived condition from C3 plants with CAM (crassulacean acid metabolism) plants probably in between. The photoperiodic responses of the plants seem to have a coevolutionary trend with photosynthetic characters, from long-day types to short-day ones, with plants having a dual photoperiodic requirement in between.

scholarly journals Photoperiodic Response of Nine Alternative Hanging-basket Species

HortScience ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 681e-681
Author(s):  
Millie S. Williams ◽  
Terri W. Starman ◽  
James E. Faust
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Photoperiodic Response ◽  
Internode Length ◽  
Short Day ◽  
Long Day ◽  
Lateral Shoots ◽  
Photoperiodic Responses ◽  
Long Day Plants ◽  
Pentas Lanceolata ◽  
Helichrysum Bracteatum

The photoperiodic responses were determined for the following species: Bacopa speciosa `Snowflake', Bidens ferulifolium, Brachycome multifida `Crystal Falls', Helichrysum bracteatum'Golden Beauty', Lysimachia procumbens (Golden Globes), Pentas lanceolata `Starburst', Scaevola aemula `New Blue Wonder', Streptocarpella hybrid `Concord Blue', and Streptosolen jamesonii (Orange Browallia). Each plant species was grown at 8-, 10-, 12-, 14-, and 16-hour photoperiods. Photoperiods were provided by delivering 8 hours sunlight, then pulling black cloth and providing daylength extension with incandescent bulbs. Bacopa speciosa `Snowflake', Bidens ferulifolium, Brachycome multifida `Crystal Falls', Helichrysum bracteatum `Golden Beauty', Scaevola aemula `New Blue Wonder', and Streptocarpella hybrid `Blue Concord' were day neutral, i.e., no difference in days to visible bud or days to anthesis in response to photoperiod were observed. Pentas lanceolata `Starburst' and Lysimachia procumbens (Golden Globes) were quantitative long day plants, i.e., days to anthesis decreased as daylength increased. No difference in days to visible bud, number of lateral shoots, number of nodes, or internode length were observed for Pentas lanceolata `Starburst'; however, days to anthesis for 14- and 16-hour photoperiods occurred 9 days earlier than 8-hour photoperiods. Days to visible bud for Lysimachia procumbens (Golden Globes) occurred 7 days earlier and days to anthesis was 9 days earlier under 14- and 16-hour photoperiods than 8-hour photoperiods. By week 8, only one flower per plant developed in the 8-hour photoperiod while 11 flowers per plant developed in the 14-hour photoperiod. Streptosolen jamesonii (Orange Browallia) was a qualitative short day plant. There was no difference in the days to anthesis between 8- and 10-hour daylength, each averaging 36 days from start of photoperiod treatment. Plants under 12- to 16-hour photoperiods did not flower.

Photoperiodism and photosynthetic pathways

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 590-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. T. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Saccharum Spontaneum ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Paspalum Dilatatum ◽  
Short Day ◽  
Long Day ◽  
Photosynthetic Pathways ◽  
Constant Feature ◽  
Short Days

In a recent paper, Purohit and Tregunna (7) concluded that plants with low carbon dioxide compensation values are either short-day or day-neutral in their photoperiodic requirement for flowering. Although many plants with the C4 pathway of photosynthesis are short-day plants, there are also several Gramineae in which the C4 pathway of photosynthesis is known to be combined with a requirement for, or response to, long days for flowering, such as Paspalum dilatatum, Hyparrhenia hirta, Themeda australis, and Saccharum spontaneum. Consequently, response to short days for flowering is not a constant feature of the C4 pathway, and C4 plants could be selected for a long-day response in areas where this is advantageous.

Effect of prolonged exposure of rats to high carbon dioxide concentrations

1978 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 1149-1151
Author(s):  
P. M. Gramenitskii ◽  
V. A. Galichii ◽  
N. V. Petrova ◽  
N. Yu. Leont'eva
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Prolonged Exposure ◽  
High Carbon ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Concentrations ◽  
High Carbon Dioxide

Effects of carbon dioxide on Pharbitis, Xanthium, and Silene in short days

1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 1283-1291 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Purohit ◽  
E. B. Tregunna
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Concentration ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Photoperiodic Response ◽  
Pharbitis Nil ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Short Day ◽  
Unit Leaf ◽  
Silene Armeria

The flowering response and other morphological characters of Pharbitis nil, Xanthium pennsylvanicum, and Silene armeria were studied in environments with different levels of carbon dioxide and oxygen under short-day conditions. Different light sources and intensities were also tested. Irrespective of the light source and intensity used, higher levels of carbon dioxide delayed or inhibited flowering as well as other morphological characters of the short-day plants but induced flowering in the long-day plant. Dry weight per unit leaf area as well as total chlorophyll increased with carbon dioxide concentration. The results are discussed in relation to some other recent reports, and it is proposed that large variations in photosynthetic rates of plants probably alter their photoperiodic response.

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