Leaf respiratory CO2 is 13C-enriched relative to leaf organic components in five species of C3 plants

Cheng Yuan Xu; G H Lin; K L Griffin; R N Sambrotto

doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01153.x

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Leaf respiratory CO2 is 13C-enriched relative to leaf organic components in five species of C3 plants

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Leaf respiratory CO2 is 13C-enriched relative to leaf organic components in five species of C3 plants

Cheng Yuan Xu, G H Lin, K L Griffin and R N Sambrotto

New Phytologist, Vol.163(3), pp.499-505

2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01153.x

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Biological Sciences

Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences

C3 plants

carbon isotope

dark respiration

fractionation

keeling plot

Summary: Here, we compared the carbon isotope ratios of leaf respiratory CO2 (δ13CR) and leaf organic components (soluble sugar, water soluble fraction, starch, protein and bulk organic matter) in five C3 plants grown in a glasshouse and inside Biosphere 2. One species, Populus deltoides, was grown under three different CO2 concentrations. The Keeling plot approach was applied to the leaf scale to measure leaf δ13CR and these results were compared with the δ13C of leaf organic components. In all cases, leaf respiratory CO2 was more 13C-enriched than leaf organic components. The amount of 13C enrichment displayed a significant species-specific pattern, but the effect of CO2 treatment was not significant on P. deltoides. In C3 plant leaves, 13C-enriched respiratory CO2 appears widespread. Among currently hypothesized mechanisms contributing to this phenomenon, non-statistical carbon isotope distribution within the sugar substrates seems most likely. However, caution should be taken when attempting to predict the δ13C of leaf respiratory CO2 at the ecosystem scale by upscaling the relationship between leaf δ13CR and δ13C of leaf organic components.

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Title: Leaf respiratory CO2 is 13C-enriched relative to leaf organic components in five species of C3 plants
Authors: Cheng Yuan Xu (Author) - Columbia University, United States
G H Lin (Author) - Columbia University, United States
K L Griffin (Author) - Columbia University, United States
R N Sambrotto (Author) - Columbia University, United States
Publication details: New Phytologist, Vol.163(3), pp.499-505
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Date published: 2004
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01153.x
ISSN: 0028-646X
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450262902621
Output Type: Journal article

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