Energy metabolism in higher plants in different environments

Respiration in plants has been the subject of many papers since Pasteur's early work at the end of the previous century. However, it is only since the last few years that the efficiency of assimilate utilization in growth processes has been thoroughly investigated. The present research work was carried out to gain insight into the efficiency of respiration (in roots of) higher plants: how many assimilates are respired to produce energy for growth ('growth respiration'), how many are respired for maintenance processes ('maintenance respiration') and to what extent is respiration 'wasteful'? ... Zie: Summary