Abstract
(13)C/(12)C ratios have been determined for plant tissue from 104 species representing 60 families. Higher plants fall into two categories, those with low delta(PDBI) (13)C values (-24 to -34 per thousand) and those with high delta (13)C values (-6 to -19 per thousand). Algae have delta (13)C values of -12 to -23 per thousand. Photosynthetic fractionation leading to such values is discussed.
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PhotosynthesisFractionationAlgaeBotanyChemistryBiologyChromatography
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- 1971
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- 47
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 380-384
- Citations
- 1967
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Bruce N. Smith,
Samuel Epstein
(1971).
Two Categories of <sup>13</sup>C/<sup>12</sup>C Ratios for Higher Plants.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
, 47
(3)
, 380-384.
https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.47.3.380
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- DOI
- 10.1104/pp.47.3.380
- PMID
- 16657626
- PMCID
- PMC365873