As global land surface temperature continues to rise and heatwave events increase in
frequency, duration, and/or intensity, our key food and fuel cropping systems will likely face …

Environmental abiotic stresses challenge food security by depressing crop yields often
exceeding 50% of their annual production. Different methods, including conventional as well …

Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni is a sweet medicinal herb that is cultivated worldwide. This study
aimed to identify the genotypic responses and function of nine cultivars of S. rebaudiana …

Genome editing aims to revolutionise plant breeding and could assist in safeguarding the
global food supply. The inclusion of a 12–40 bp recognition site makes mega nucleases the …

Medal (note the leaf scroll at the top) received by W. Adams at the Missouri State Science
Fair. The backdrop of leaves includes those from (beginning in the upper left, moving …

Highlights•Photosynthetic capacity is modulated in response to opportunity in the
environment.•Photosynthetic capacity should be evaluated on different reference bases and …

Acclimatory adjustments of foliar vascular architecture, photosynthetic capacity, and
transpiration rate in Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes (Italian, Polish [Col-0], Swedish) were …

This study addresses the unique functional features of duckweed via comparison of Lemna
gibba grown under controlled conditions of 50 versus 1000 µmol photons m− 2 s− 1 and of a …

The plasticity of leaf form and function in European lines of Arabidopsis thaliana was
evaluated in ecotypes from Sweden and Italy grown under contrasting (cool versus hot) …

Modulation of foliar photosynthesis rate during short-term changes in abiotic environment as
well as longer-term acclimation of photosynthetic capacity in response to abiotic factors or …