The role of photosynthesis related pigments in light harvesting, photoprotection and enhancement of photosynthetic yield in planta

AJ Simkin, L Kapoor, CGP Doss, TA Hofmann… - Photosynthesis …, 2022 - Springer
Photosynthetic pigments are an integral and vital part of all photosynthetic machinery and
are present in different types and abundances throughout the photosynthetic apparatus …

30 years of free‐air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE): What have we learned about future crop productivity and its potential for adaptation?

EA Ainsworth, SP Long - Global change biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Free‐air CO2 enrichment (FACE) allows open‐air elevation of [CO2] without altering the
microclimate. Its scale uniquely supports simultaneous study from physiology and yield to …

Feeding the world: improving photosynthetic efficiency for sustainable crop production

AJ Simkin, PE López-Calcagno… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
A number of recent studies have provided strong support demonstrating that improving the
photosynthetic processes through genetic engineering can provide an avenue to improve …

The nitrogen cost of photosynthesis

JR Evans, VC Clarke - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Global food security depends on three main cereal crops (wheat, rice and maize) achieving
and maintaining high yields, as well as increasing their future yields. Fundamental to the …

Photosynthesis research under climate change

S Hussain, Z Ulhassan, M Brestic, M Zivcak… - Photosynthesis …, 2021 - Springer
Increasing global population and climate change uncertainties have compelled increased
photosynthetic efficiency and yields to ensure food security over the coming decades …

Sucrose utilization for improved crop yields: A review article

OO Aluko, C Li, Q Wang, H Liu - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photosynthetic carbon converted to sucrose is vital for plant growth. Sucrose acts as a
signaling molecule and a primary energy source that coordinates the source and sink …

Importance of fluctuations in light on plant photosynthetic acclimation

S Vialet-Chabrand, JSA Matthews, AJ Simkin… - Plant …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The acclimation of plants to light has been studied extensively, yet little is known about the
effect of dynamic fluctuations in light on plant phenotype and acclimatory responses. We …

Stimulating photosynthetic processes increases productivity and water-use efficiency in the field

PE López-Calcagno, KL Brown, AJ Simkin, SJ Fisk… - Nature Plants, 2020 - nature.com
Previous studies have demonstrated that the independent stimulation of either electron
transport or RuBP regeneration can increase the rate of photosynthetic carbon assimilation …

Increased SBPase activity improves photosynthesis and grain yield in wheat grown in greenhouse conditions

SM Driever, AJ Simkin, S Alotaibi… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
To meet the growing demand for food, substantial improvements in yields are needed. This
is particularly the case for wheat, where global yield has stagnated in recent years …

Photosynthesis in non‐foliar tissues: implications for yield

AJ Simkin, M Faralli, S Ramamoorthy… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthesis is currently a focus for crop improvement. The majority of this work has taken
place and been assessed in leaves, and limited consideration has been given to the …