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Why Is the Substomatal Chamber as Large as It Is?

Department of Electrical Engineering, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri 63130

The rate of CO₂ uptake by the mesophyll is examined as a function of the size of the substomatal chamber. Using the techniques of classical electric circuit analysis and a model in which the uptake is linear in the ambient CO₂ concentration, it is shown that the optimal chamber radius is several times larger than is the pore radius. This is somewhat larger than necessary for the reduction of transpirational water loss, and it offers an explanation for the otherwise inexplicably large size of the chamber.

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