{"product_id":"plant-respiration-from-cell-to-ecosystem-9789048169030","title":"Plant Respiration: From Cell to Ecosystem","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Hans Lambers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Life Sciences - Botany\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRespiration in plants, as in all living organisms, is essential to provide metabolic energy and carbon skeletons for growth and maintenance. As such, respiration is an essential component of a plant's carbon budget. Depending on species and environmental conditions, it consumes 25-75% of all the carbohydrates produced in photosynthesis - even more at extremely slow growth rates. Respiration in plants can also proceed in a manner that produces neither metabolic energy nor carbon skeletons, but heat. This type of respiration involves the cyanide-resistant, alternative oxidase; it is unique to plants, and resides in the mitochondria. The activity of this alternative pathway can be measured based on a difference in fractionation of oxygen isotopes between the cytochrome and the alternative oxidase. Heat production is important in some flowers to attract pollinators; however, the alternative oxidase also plays a major role in leaves and roots of most plants. A common thread throughout this volume is to link respiration, including alternative oxidase activity, to plant functioning in different environments.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45283707519127,"sku":"9789048169030","price":14534.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789048169030.webp?v=1769305675","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/plant-respiration-from-cell-to-ecosystem-9789048169030","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}