This is a topic I've been reading about on and off. It seems to be the (or perhaps an) obvious difference between low and high CO2 requirement plants. What's got me scratching my head is why more plant sites and books don't list which method of fixation is used within their plant profiles.
I wouldn't mind discussing this topic, and figuring out whether or not it's worth putting together a list of plants based on their carbon fixation methods.
Oh, here's a nice little article on the subject and how it applies to hydrilla (everyone's favorite SAM to do a study about):
C4 Acid Metabolism and Dark CO2 Fixation in a Submersed Aquatic Macrophyte (Hydrilla verticillata) -- Holaday and Bowes 65 (2): 331 -- PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
-Philosophos
I wouldn't mind discussing this topic, and figuring out whether or not it's worth putting together a list of plants based on their carbon fixation methods.
Oh, here's a nice little article on the subject and how it applies to hydrilla (everyone's favorite SAM to do a study about):
C4 Acid Metabolism and Dark CO2 Fixation in a Submersed Aquatic Macrophyte (Hydrilla verticillata) -- Holaday and Bowes 65 (2): 331 -- PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
-Philosophos