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Possible Relationship between Photosynthesis and the Rise in Respiration in Diseased Leaves

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SEVERAL investigations, most recently reviewed by Millerd and Scott1, have established that the respiratory rate is increased in the leaves of green plants after their infection with parasitic fungi. The pathway of this increased respiration is not definitely established, but experiments2,3 have shown that the C6/C1 ratio is decreased in infected leaves, indicating that the hexose monophosphate shunt is enhanced. The inadequacies of the C6/C1 ratio for determining the magnitude of operation of the shunt have recently been stressed4.

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SCOTT, K., SMILLIE, R. Possible Relationship between Photosynthesis and the Rise in Respiration in Diseased Leaves. Nature 197, 1319–1320 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971319a0

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