TY - JOUR AU - Decker, John P. AU - TiĆ³, Marco A. PY - 1959/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Photosynthetic Surges in Coffee Seedlings JF - The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico JA - JAUPR VL - 43 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.46429/jaupr.v43i1.12543 UR - https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/jaupr/article/view/12543 SP - 50-55 AB - This paper presents the results of a study in which leaves of coffee plants were submitted to repeated light-dark-light cycles, to observe their effects on respiration and photosynthesis. The results suggest that most of the photosynthetic work done by a leaf is immediately cancelled by photorespiration and, consequently, only a minor part remains as net gain or dry-weight increment. ER -