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ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION OF RESPIRATORY GASES IN WOODY STEMS BY MASS SPECTROMETRY
Author(s) -
CARRODUS B. B.,
TRIFFETT A. C. K.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1975.tb02612.x
Subject(s) - acacia mearnsii , carbon dioxide , mass spectrometry , chemistry , composition (language) , carbon fibers , woody plant , botany , acacia , environmental chemistry , biology , chromatography , materials science , organic chemistry , composite material , linguistics , philosophy , composite number
SUMMARY A method of analysis of small volumes of gases from bulky plant organs, using mass spectro‐metry, is described. Results obtained from woody stems of Acacia mearnsii indicate that the most actively metabolizing tissues exist in an environment whose gaseous component is almost exclusively carbon dioxide. This observation is consistent with previous observations on the effect of carbon dioxide on the formation of compounds characteristic of heartwood in A. mearnsii.