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Photosynthetic development of Ocimum basilicum cells on transition from phosphate to fructose limitation
Author(s) -
Dalton C. C.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1983.tb06290.x
Subject(s) - fructose , basilicum , phosphate , ocimum , limiting , photosynthesis , biomass (ecology) , chemistry , botany , horticulture , food science , biochemistry , biology , agronomy , mechanical engineering , engineering
Continuous culture was used to establish a steady state in fructose excess. Phosphate in the Murashige and Skoog type medium was found to be limiting growth; when phosphate concentration in the medium feed was doubled, the concentration of dry biomass and of all biomass elements increased After doubling the phosphate concentration fructose became limiting. Ocimun basilicum cells responded to the transition from phosphate limitation to fructose limitation by becoming greener and more photosynthetic; consequently, the yield on fructose increased.