| Range |
~30 %
|
| Organism |
Plants |
| Reference |
Long SP, Zhu XG, Naidu SL, Ort DR. Can improvement in photosynthesis increase crop yields? Plant Cell Environ. 2006 Mar29(3):315-30. p.321 left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID17080588
|
| Primary Source |
Monteith J.L. (1977) Climate and the efficiency of crop production in Britain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 281, 277–294. |
| Comments |
"About 30% of the carbohydrate formed in C3 photosynthesis
is lost through photorespiration (primary source). The
loss increases with temperature so that photorespiration is
a particularly significant inefficiency for C3 crops in tropical
climates and during hot summer weather in temperate climates
(Fig. 2)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
109857 |