CACTIBOTANY AND CULTIVATION
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Daily CAM photosynthesis cycle

GAS EXCHANGE AND CARBON ASSIMILATION
Comparison of a model C₃ plant and a plant with pronounced CAM. The diagram develops the topic of the earlier physiological diagrams using an original arrangement of carbon flow. Transitional phases at dawn and in the late afternoon are omitted. The biochemical basis follows Winter and Smith (2022). [Winter and Smith 2022]

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