Title: The Effect of Oxygen Concentration on Photosynthesis in Higher Plants - Björkman - 1966 - Physiologia Plantarum - Wiley Online Library
Headings: The Effect of Oxygen Concentration on Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
Physiologia Plantarum
The Effect of Oxygen Concentration on Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.1966.tb07046.x
Abstract
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Content: It was discovered by Warburg (1920) that high concentrations of oxygen inhibit the rate of photosynthetic oxygen evolution in the unicellular alga Chlorella. Since then, it has been confirmed by various authors that oxygen cconcentrations in the range 21–100 per cent have a marked inhibitory effect on photosynthesis, particularly at saturating light intensities. There is some evidence that under conditions when carbon dioxide concentration limits photosynthesis, the inhibition may become obvious even in 21 per cent oxygen. The inhibition has not been considered to operate at low light intensities. A review on the subject has been given by Turner and Brittain (1962). Various hypotheses have been put forward to explain the inhibitory effect of oxygen, commonly referred to as the Warhurg effect. Some authors favor the idea of enzyme inhibition; Turner et al. ( 1958) that one or more enzymes of the carbon reduction cycle are inactivated by oxygen: lirianlals (1962) that enzymes of the oxygen‐evolving complex are inhihited.