Transpiration, oxygen...

From: Perry Malouf (pmalouf@access.digex.net)
Date: Mon Jul 21 1997 - 08:54:03 PDT


Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 11:54:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Perry Malouf <pmalouf@access.digex.net>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2724$foo@default>
Subject: Transpiration, oxygen...

Paul Burkhardt wrote:

> I believe that all plants do better with some "darkness", since that is
> what they experience naturally. Not only does it give the plant a resting
> period, but also their respiration reverses at night, producing oxygen
> rather than carbon dioxide.

Ooops. I thought that plants transpire oxygen during the _day_ when
they get light, and then at night they transpire carbon dioxide.

Regards,

Perry Malouf



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