Fruit Photosynthesis

Abstract

European fruit orchards produce 10 -- 50 t of apple fruit ha-1 year-1, equivalent to 0.4--2 t of carbon, originating from photosynthesis in both leaf and fruit. Fruits like apple, grape, avocado, grape and orange grow on plants with C3 photosynthesis leaves. However, recent results show that fruit photosynthesis bears little resemblance with that of their respective leaves (4).