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Ecophysiology of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM)

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Lüttge U., Ecophysiology of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM), Annals of Botany, 2004, 93(6):629-652, doi: 10.1093/aob/mch087

A review of the effects of carbon and water availability, light, temperature, mineral nutrients and salinity on CAM plants. It presents the daily division of metabolism, organic acid storage in vacuoles and different modes of water conservation. It includes the structure of succulent organs and water storage tissues.

Physiology and anatomy

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