Carbon Dioxide Concentration as a Limiting Factor

What is Carbon Dioxide Concentration as a Limiting Factor?

Carbon dioxide concentration limits photosynthesis when it is the factor in shortest supply. Increasing it increases the rate, because more carbon dioxide is available to be combined with water to form carbohydrate, until light intensity or temperature becomes limiting and the curve plateaus. In the laboratory sodium hydrogencarbonate solution is used to supply carbon dioxide to an aquatic plant.

This definition is part of the Plant Nutrition chapter in Cambridge O Level Biology.

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