Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Photorespiration is a well-known CO2-evolution process accompanying photosyntheticCO2 uptake, whereas its physiological significance is still not well understood. As alreadyreported, severe photo...
Decker discovered the phenomenon of a CO2 burst (post illumination CO2 burst or PIB) when a photosynthesizing tobacco leaf was changed from light to dark; thereby, he demonstrated the existence of photorespiration i...