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Plants usually experience dynamic fluctuations of light intensities under natural conditions. However, the responses of mesophyll conductance, CO 2  assimilation, and photorespiration to light fluctuation are not well understood. To address this question, we measured photosynthetic parameters of gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in tobacco leaves at 2-min intervals while irradiance levels alternated between 100 and 1200 μmol photons m −2  s −1 . Compared with leaves exposed to a constant light of 1200 μmol photons m −2  s −1 , both stomatal and mesophyll conductances were significantly restricted in leaves treated with fluctuating light condition. Meanwhile, CO 2  assimilation rate and electron flow devoted to RuBP carboxylation at 1200 μmol photons m −2  s −1  under fluctuating light were limited by the low chloroplast CO 2  concentration. Analysis based on the C 3  photosynthesis model indicated that, at 1200 μmol photons m −2  s −1  under fluctuating light, the CO 2  assimilation rate was limited by RuBP carboxylation. Electron flow devoted to RuBP oxygenation at 1200 μmol photons m −2  s −1  under fluctuating light remained at nearly the maximum level throughout the experimental period. We conclude that fluctuating light restricts CO 2  assimilation by decreasing both stomatal and mesophyll conductances. Under such conditions, photorespiration plays an important role in the regulation of photosynthetic electron flow.

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Photorespiration plays an important role in the regulation of photosynthetic electron flow under fluctuating light in tobacco plants grown under full sunlight