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Volume of a C3 plant leaf (with area of 1m^2) Plants 3e-4 m^3 105589 Lawlor, D. W, Photo...
Content of chloroplast in C3 plant leaf (% dry mass of chloroplast) Plants 60% protein:20% lipid:7.5%photosynthesis products:4% chlorophyll:2.5% nucleic acids:0.9% carotenoids N/A 105599 Lawlor, D. W, Photosynthesis:...
Number of chlorophyll molecules in chloroplast of a C3 plant leaf Plants 6.7e+8 unitless 105595 Lawlor, D. W, Photosynthesis:...
Number of chloroplasts in a C3 plant leaf (of 1m^2 surface area) Plants 5.5e+11 unitless 105591 Lawlor, D. W, Photo...
Fraction of terrestrial plant species that are C3 plants Biosphere >90 % 116883 Arrivault S et al., ...
Average content of chlorophyll in a C3 plant leaf (of 1m^2 surface area) Plants 0.5 g 105594 Lawlor, D. W, Photosynthesis:...
A semi quantitative analysis of the photosynthetic system in an 'average' C3 plant leaf Plants Table - link N/A 105624 Lawlor, D. W, Photo...
Photon yield of Oxygen evolution on basis of incident light in C3 plants Various 0.0891 (±0.0009) Oxygen molecules/photon 104657 Björkman O. & Demmig...
Percent of the carbohydrate formed in C3 photosynthesis that is lost through photorespiration Plants ~30 % 109857 Long SP, Zhu XG, Naidu SL...
Ratio between the substomatal or intercellular and ambient air CO2 concentrations in C3 species Plants 0.65 to 0.80 unitless 101760 Alistair M. Hetherington1...
Percent of total leaf nitrogen contained in Rubisco in C4 plants Plants 5-9 % 101770 Feller, Urs et al. R...
P:N ratio by mass in terrestrial plants at their natural field sites Plants 0.07 to 0.08 Unitless 107192 Karpinets TV, Greenwood DJ...
percent of total soluble protein that is Rubisco in C4 plants Plants 8-23 % 101763 Ku MSB, Schmitt MR, Edwards...
Leaf dry mass per unit projected area for several plants Plants 115 (±90 11.8 to 560 Table - link) g/m^2 107154 Ulo Niinemets, Components...
Number of cells in parallel section (of the one layer of palisade mesophyll cells in transverse section) in a C3 plant leaf Plants 4e+9 Cells/m^2 leaf 105590 Lawlor, D. W, Photo...
Fraction of all angiosperms (flowering plants) that are asterids and rosids Plants asterids 41% rosids 24 % 116900 Arrivault S et al., ...
Size of chloroplasts of selected plants Plants Table - link N/A 104982 Amazing numbers in biology...
Fraction of CO2 assimilated through photosynthesis that is typically lost via photorespiration in C3 crops like rice and wheat Plants 25 % 114625 Wilson, R.H. & Whitney...
Size of photosystem 1 (PSI) in plants Plants 12-19 nm 100904 The structure of a plant...
Water use efficency (WUE) in C4 plants Biosphere 2-5 g CO2 per kg H2O 100672 Nobel, P. S. "Plant ...