we know that when light intensity is low photosynthesis is low and in plant at compensation point where respiration is equal to photosynthesis plants would not release oxygen and we should have to die but we are alive why very simple photosynthesis use product of respiration and respiration use product of photosynthesis then oxygen will not be released at compensation then we should have to die
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Environmental factors
Each species is adapted to live in a particular set of conditions. It is said to have an environmental
niche. Each species has evolved to suit its own unique niche, which allows it to exist with the
minimum amount of competition with other species. According to the competitive exclusion
principle, if two species share the same niche, one will be better adapted than the other,
outcompete it and eventually drive it to extinction.
So plants show different adaptations for photosynthesis, according to the conditions to which they
are best adapted.
Shade or sun?
Shade-tolerant plants are able to photosynthesise in light of relatively low intensity and can grow in
shady places such as woodland floors. Shade-intolerant plants are unable to carry out
photosynthesis at a high enough rate to sustain growth in low light conditions.
Respiration and photosynthesis are opposites. Aerobic respiration continues all the time in plant
cells, using up oxygen and making carbon dioxide. Photosynthesis, in contrast, occurs only in light
and uses up carbon dioxide and makes oxygen. There is a light intensity at which respiration and
photosynthesis cancel each other out. This is called the compensation point. Below this level
carbohydrates are used up and the plant cannot grow.
Wavelength of light also affects the rate of photosynthesis. Shade plants most often live in shade
created by other plants, especially trees. The leaves of trees absorb red and blue wavelengths,
allowing mainly green light through. This is of little use to most plants which have limited ability to
survive on woodland floors. However, far red light (long wavelength) passes through the tree
canopy more than near red light. PSI absorbs this light better than PSII, so shade plants
compensate by having slightly more PSII complexes to restore the balance.
Dry or wet?
Water shortage is greatest in deserts. Here, CAM plants are most abundant (See Rubisco and C4
plants). Being able to keep their stomata closed during the day when transpiration losses would be
high allows them to survive in areas of extreme water shortage.
Cold or hot?
Plants are able to acclimatise and adapt to cold or hot environments, both by suiting the climates in
which they live and by adjusting to changes through the year.
Plants from hot climates tend to have higher optimum temperatures for photosynthesis and
optimum temperatures tend to be higher in plants during the warmer seasons. As temperatures
fall, plants can adjust the composition of membranes to make them more fluid, for example by
increasing the polyunsaturated fat content. Some enzymes appear to exist in different forms which
have different optimum temperatures.
Hot, sunny and wet?
In ideal conditions for photosynthesis – bright light, high temperatures and plentiful water –
photosynthesis tends to reduce carbon dioxide concentration and raise oxygen concentration,
favouring photorespiration (high temperatures also help) and greatly reducing the rate of
photosynthesis. So many tropical plants use the C4 pathway to reduce photorespiration.
Water is an essential donor of electrons in photosynthesis, but severe water loss affects most of a
plant’s metabolism, making it very difficult to establish any direct effects on photosynthesis.
However, C4 also helps in dry conditions where the stomata are partially closed to conserve water,
reducing carbon dioxide supply. The increase in photorespiration is much less than would occur in
a C3 plant.
Other factors
Pollutants such as sulfur dioxide inhibit photosynthesis. Some herbicides (weedkillers) inhibit
certain enzymes used in photosynthesis. PSII inhibitors such as the triazine herbicides and urea
derivatives (like DCMU, dichlorophenyl methyl urea or CMU, p-chlorophenyl dimethyl urea) block
electron flow to NADPH, causing electrons from water to accumulate on chlorophyll. PSI inhibitors
(bipyridyliums like paraquat and diquat) steal electrons from the transfer chains. Both cause
excessive oxidation reactions to occur. For example, hydroxyl radicals may form, which disrupt the
phospholipids in membranes causing them to become leaky, and prevent the plant from obtaining
energy, causing it to die.
A variety of inorganic ions are needed to make chlorophyll pigments. Magnesium and nitrogen are
constituents of chlorophyll molecules and chlorophyll cannot be synthesised without the presence
of iron. Soils deficient in nitrate, magnesium or iron will give rise to plants that are deficient in
chlorophyll, usually with yellow rather than green leaves. The resulting reduction in the rate of
photosynthesis causes stunted growth.
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,Although photosynthesis is performed differently by different species, the process always begins when energy from light is absorbed by proteins called reaction centres that contain green chlorophyll pigments. In plants, these proteins are held inside organelles called chloroplasts, which are most abundant in leaf cells, while in bacteria they are embedded in the plasma membrane. In these light-dependent reactions, some energy is used to strip electrons from suitable substances, such as water, producing oxygen gas. The hydrogen freed by the splitting of water is used in the creation of two further compounds that serve as short-term stores of energy, enabling its transfer to drive other reactions: these compounds are reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the "energy currency" of cells.
In plants, algae and cyanobacteria, long-term energy storage in the form of sugars is produced by a subsequent sequence of light-independent reactions called the Calvin cycle. In the Calvin cycle, atmospheric carbon dioxide is incorporated into already existing organic carbon compounds, such as ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP).[5] Using the ATP and NADPH produced by the light-dependent reactions, the resulting compounds are then reduced and removed to form further carbohydrates, such as glucose. In other bacteria, different mechanisms such as the reverse Krebs cycle are used to achieve the same end.
The first photosynthetic organisms probably evolved early in the evolutionary history of life and most likely used reducing agents such as hydrogen or hydrogen sulfide, rather than water, as sources of electrons.[6] Cyanobacteria appeared later; the excess oxygen they produced contributed directly to the oxygenation of the Earth,[7] which rendered the evolution of complex life possible. Today, the average rate of energy capture by photosynthesis globally is approximately 130 terawatts,[8][9][10] which is about eight times the current power consumption of human civilization.[11] Photosynthetic organisms also convert around 100–115 billion tons (91–104 petagrams) of carbon into biomass per year.[12][13] The phenomenon that plants receive some energy from light – in addition to air, soil, and water – was first discovered in 1779 by Jan Ingenhousz.
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