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dc.contributor.advisorMartin, Craig
dc.contributor.authorAlenazi, Ahmed Salem
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-24T22:03:49Z
dc.date.available2018-10-24T22:03:49Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-31
dc.date.submitted2017
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:15618
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/27002
dc.description.abstractDay/night changes in organs volume of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) plants have been observed. The objective of this study is to determine the most important mechanism that controls day/night changes of organ thickness in CAM plants. In this study, day/night changes in organ volume and morning and evening acidities of organs were measured. The focus was on the CAM species Opuntia macrorhiza under different conditions. Mechanisms that may explain these day/night changes in organs volume of CAM plant could be day/night changes in internal CO2 pressure, day/night changes in water content or day/night changes in temperature. Pervious study suggested that day/night changes could be due to internal CO2 pressure inside tissues or water content. This study confirmed these two mechanisms and has added a new variable which is day/night changes in temperature.
dc.format.extent29 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsCopyright held by the author.
dc.subjectBotany
dc.subjectCAM
dc.subjectCO2
dc.subjectConstant light
dc.subjectConstant temperature
dc.subjectStomata
dc.subjectThickness
dc.titleMechanisms Controlling Day/Night Changes in CAM Tissue Volume, With a Focus on the Kansas Cactus, Opuntia macrorhiza
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberHileman, Lena
dc.contributor.cmtememberMort, Mark
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineEcology & Evolutionary Biology
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
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