In vitro digestion of bundle sheath cells in rumen fluid and its relation to the suberized lamella and C4 photosynthetic type in Panicum species |
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| Authors: | J. R. WILSON,P. W. HATTERSLEY&dagger &dagger |
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| Affiliation: | CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures Canberra, Australia;Australian National University. Canberra, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Differences in ease of digestion of bundle sheath cell walls of leaf blades of Panicum spp. are shown to be associated with differences in bundle sheath cell wall structure, including the presence or absence of a suberized lamella. These structural differences are correlated with photo-synthetic type (viz. C3, intermediate C3/C4, and the C4 types, PCK, NADP-ME and NAD-ME), as are mesophyll: bundle sheath area ratios. |
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