Effects of CO/sub 2/ enrichment on internal leaf surface area in soybeans

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Bot. Gaz. (Chicago); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/337640· OSTI ID:6895225

Leadley, P W; Reynolds, J A; Thomas, J F; Reynolds, J F

Internal cell surface areas were measured on fully expanded leaves of soybean seedlings that had been continuously exposed to 348 or 645 ppm CO/sub 2/ environments. Plants grown in the high CO/sub 2/ treatment had thicker leaves but less palisade cell surface area per unit of leaf area. Surface area of the mesophyll per unit leaf area was unaffected by CO/sub 2/. The potential ramifications of these CO/sub 2/-induced changes in leaf anatomy on photosynthesis and water-use efficiency are explored.

• Research Organization: North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6895225
• Journal Information: Bot. Gaz. (Chicago); (United States), Vol. 148:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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