Effects of Anoxia and Anaerobicity on Plant Roots

The net result is that complete aerobic respiration of 1 mol of glucose yields 38 mol of ATP. 

However in the absence of O2, anaerobic glycolysis—fermentation—produces only 2 mol of ATP per mol of glucose consumed. In the absence of O2 the mitochondrial cytochrome chain ceases to operate and as a resnlt NADH2 accumnlates 

The Biogeochemistry of Submerged Soils Guy Kirk 2004 John Wiley Sons, Ltd ISBN 0-470-86301-3 

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