Login

Join for Free!
61564 members
Home Forum Dictionary Articles Tutorials Books Directory Share your work


C4 and C3 plants

Plants!

Moderator: BioTeam

Post a reply

C4 and C3 plants

Postby JennJenn73_angel » Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:28 pm

With higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere, which plant, C4 or C3, would be most affected by this change? how would they be affected? and why? :?
JennJenn73_angel
Garter
Garter
 
Posts: 7
Joined: Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:23 pm
Top

Postby MrMistery » Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:24 pm

C3 plants... the photosynthesis of c3 plants would improve due to a decrease in photorespiration... here is a field where extra co2 is good :D
"As a biologist, I firmly believe that when you're dead, you're dead. Except for what you live behind in history. That's the only afterlife" - J. Craig Venter
User avatar
MrMistery
Inland Taipan
Inland Taipan
 
Posts: 6832
Joined: Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:18 pm
Location: Romania(small and unimportant country)
Top

Postby James » Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:01 pm

MrMistery wrote:C3 plants... the photosynthesis of c3 plants would improve due to a decrease in photorespiration... here is a field where extra co2 is good :D


:D Yes, let's burn more fossil fuels for the plants :roll:
User avatar
James
King Cobra
King Cobra
 
Posts: 552
Joined: Wed Feb 23, 2005 11:00 pm
Location: England
Top

Postby Cecilie » Sun May 01, 2005 3:55 pm

Does that mean that the evolutionary pressure on C-3 plants to move toward C-4 plants is halting because of us?
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said, "I don't know." (Mark Twain)
Cecilie
Garter
Garter
 
Posts: 6
Joined: Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:50 pm
Top

Postby MrMistery » Tue May 03, 2005 6:06 pm

i guess you could say that... but that is the least of the problems this is causing...
"As a biologist, I firmly believe that when you're dead, you're dead. Except for what you live behind in history. That's the only afterlife" - J. Craig Venter
User avatar
MrMistery
Inland Taipan
Inland Taipan
 
Posts: 6832
Joined: Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:18 pm
Location: Romania(small and unimportant country)
Top
Post a reply

Return to Botany Discussion

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests