Published by Oxford University Press [2009] on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology
Preface
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During photosynthesis, CO2 has to move from the atmosphere surrounding the leaf to the sub-stomatal internal cavities through the stomata, and from there to the site of carboxylation inside the chloroplast stroma through the mesophyll passing leaf internal gas, liquid, and lipid phases. Stomatal diffusion resistance (or its inverse, conductance) and the enzymatic capacity of the foliage photosynthetic apparatus have been recognized for a long time as important regulatory and limiting factors for