title: Comparison of the A-Cc curve fitting methods in determining maximum ribulose 1.5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase carboxylation rate, potential light saturated electron transport rate and leaf dark respiration.
abstract: A review of the literature revealed that a variety of methods are currently used for fitting net assimilation of CO2-chloroplastic CO2 concentration (A-Cc) curves, resulting in considerable differences in estimating the A-Cc parameters [including maximum ribulose 1.5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) carboxylation rate (Vcmax), potential light saturated electron transport rate (Jmax), leaf dark respiration in the light (Rd), mesophyll conductance (gm) and triose-phosphate utilization (TPU)]. In this paper, we examined the impacts of fitting methods on the estimations of Vcmax, Jmax, TPU, Rd and gm using grid search and non-linear fitting techniques. Our results suggested that the fitting methods significantly affected the predictions of Rubisco-limited (Ac), ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate-limited (Aj) and TPU-limited (Ap) curves and leaf photosynthesis velocities because of the inconsistent estimate of Vcmax, Jmax, TPU, Rd and gm, but they barely influenced the Jmax : Vcmax, Vcmax : Rd and Jmax : TPU ratio. In terms of fitting accuracy, simplicity of fitting procedures and sample size requirement, we recommend to combine grid search and non-linear techniques to directly and simultaneously fit Vcmax, Jmax, TPU, Rd and gm with the whole A-Cc curve in contrast to the conventional method, which fits Vcmax, Rd or gm first and then solves for Vcmax, Jmax and/or TPU with V(cmax), Rd and/or gm held as constants.
authors.affiliation: Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis, Rutgers University, 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551, USA and.
authors.forename: Zewei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Lathrop
authors.forename: Yufei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D017753:Ecosystem; D004579:Electron Transport; D008027:Light; D008954:Models, Biological; D010788:Photosynthesis; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D012273:Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D012273:Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase