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Cell wall thickness and composition are involved in photosynthetic limitation

Jaume Flexas1, María J Clemente-Moreno1, Josefina Bota1

  • 1Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Institut d'Investigacions Agroambientals i d'Economia de l'Aigua (INAGEA) - Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Ctra Valldemossa Km 7.5., 07122, Palma, Illes Balears, Spain.

Journal of Experimental Botany
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Keywords:
CO2 diffusionCell wall compositioncell wall thicknesscellulosehemicelluloseland plantsleaf anatomymesophyll conductancepectin

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