In this concluding chapter, we review some of the major findings discussed in this book and
their implications for our understanding of the CAM pathway. In particular, we highlight areas …

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) represents one of the best-studied metabolic
examples of an ecological adaptation to environmental stress. Well over 5% of all vascular …

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a mode of photosynthesis that evolved in response
to decreasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere some 20 million years ago. An elevated ratio of …

▪ Abstract Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is an adaptation of photosynthesis to limited
availability of water or CO2. CAM is characterized by nocturnal CO2 fixation via the cytosolic …

Facultative crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) describes the optional use of CAM
photosynthesis, typically under conditions of drought stress, in plants that otherwise employ …

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is one of three metabolic pathways found in the
photosynthetic tissues of vascular plants for assimilation of atmospheric CO 2. In contrast to …

Background and Scope Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) as an ecophysiological
modification of photosynthetic carbon acquisition has been reviewed extensively before …

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is an important elaboration of photosynthetic carbon
fixation that allows chloroplast-containing cells to fix CO2 initially at night using …

Publisher Summary Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is traditionally illustrated by
succulent plants from arid, semi-desert regions whereby nocturnal stomata1 opening, CO 2 …

The occurrence, activity and plasticity of the CAM pathway is described from an introductory
viewpoint, framed by the use of the four 'Phases' of CAM as comparative indicators of the …