From diel photosynthesis to crop growth in the crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) orchid Phalaenopsis

Abstract

List of abbreviations iChapter 1 General introduction Chapter 2 Conceptual framework for plants utilizing crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM): Scaling up from diel photosynthesis cycles at leaf level to crop growth Chapter 3 Vegetative traits can predict flowering quality in Phalaenopsis orchids despite large genotypic variation in response to light and temperature Chapter 4 Linking diel measurements of gas exchange and assimilates to plant growth in the CAM-plant Phalaenopsis Chapter 5 Crassulacean acid metabolism species differ in the contribution of C3 and C4 carboxylation to end of day CO2 fixation