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. 1973 Mar;13(1):65-71.
doi: 10.1007/BF00379619.

Eco-physiological studies on Indian arid zone plants : I. Photosynthetic characteristics of Pennisetum typhoides (Burm. f.) Stapf & Hubbard and Lasiurus sindicus Henr

W Huber  1 , N Sankhla  1 , H Ziegler  1
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Eco-physiological studies on Indian arid zone plants : I. Photosynthetic characteristics of Pennisetum typhoides (Burm. f.) Stapf & Hubbard and Lasiurus sindicus Henr

W Huber et al. Oecologia. 1973 Mar.

Abstract

Photosynthetic characteristics of two important grasses of Indian desert have been studied. Pennisetum typhoides, an important cereal crop, known to have 'Kranz'-type leaf anatomy and low CO2-compensation point, shows the C-4-dicarboxylic acid pathway for photosynthetic carbon reduction. Lasiurus sindicus, a promising forage grass, has also been shown to possess, for the first time, a typical 'Kranz'-type leaf anatomy and a very similar CO2-fixation pattern like Pennisetum typhoides. It is remarkable that both species after short time exposure to 14CO2 show a high labelling not only in malate but also in alanine. This may be due to the activity of an aspartic acid decarboxylase.

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