Inter‐relationship between photosynthetic efficiency, Δ13C, antioxidant activity and sugarcane yield under drought stress in field conditions

L Endres, CM dos Santos, JV Silva… - Journal of agronomy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Drought is one of the major climatic factors that reduce crop yields in cultivated areas around
the world, and studies on physiological responses may help in the selection of drought …

The carbon isotopic signature of C4 crops and its applicability in breeding for climate resilience

S Eggels, S Blankenagel, CC Schön… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2021 - Springer
Key message Carbon isotope discrimination is a promising trait for indirect screening for
improved water use efficiency of C 4 crops. Abstract In the context of a changing climate …

Short-term thermal photosynthetic responses of C4 grasses are independent of the biochemical subtype

BV Sonawane, RE Sharwood… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
C4 photosynthesis evolved independently many times, resulting in multiple biochemical
pathways; however, little is known about how these different pathways respond to …

Response of photosynthetic 13C discrimination to vapour pressure deficit reflects changes in bundle-sheath leakiness in two C4 grasses

YN Xu, X Wang, YR Sun, HT Liu, L Li… - Environmental and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Combined measurements of photosynthetic 13 C discrimination (Δ) and gas exchange can
be used to estimate bundle-sheath leakiness (Φ), a key efficiency parameter for the CO 2 …

Determination of leaf respiration in the light: comparison between an isotopic disequilibrium method and the Laisk method

XY Gong, G Tcherkez, J Wenig, R Schäufele… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Quantification of leaf respiration is important for understanding plant physiology and
ecosystem biogeochemical processes. Leaf respiration continues in the light (RL) but …

Using Stable Carbon Isotopes to Study C3 and C4 Photosynthesis: Models and Calculations

N Ubierna, MM Holloway-Phillips… - … : methods and protocols, 2018 - Springer
Stable carbon isotopes are a powerful tool to study photosynthesis. Initial applications
consisted of determining isotope ratios of plant biomass using mass spectrometry …

Using Carbon Stable Isotopes to Study C3 and C4 Photosynthesis: Models and Calculations

N Ubierna, MM Holloway-Phillips, L Wingate… - … : Methods and Protocols, 2024 - Springer
Stable carbon isotopes are a powerful tool to study photosynthesis. Initial applications
consisted of determining isotope ratios of plant biomass using mass spectrometry …

Increasing relative abundance of C4 plants mitigates a dryness-stress effect on gross primary productivity along an aridity gradient in grassland ecosystems

J Wang, X Wen - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Impacts of dryness stress (ie, low soil moisture [SM] and high vapor pressure deficit
[VPD]) on gross primary production (GPP) have received considerable attention in recent …

Atmospheric CO2 mole fraction affects stand‐scale carbon use efficiency of sunflower by stimulating respiration in light

XY Gong, R Schäufele, CA Lehmeier… - Plant, cell & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Plant carbon‐use‐efficiency (CUE), a key parameter in carbon cycle and plant growth
models, quantifies the fraction of fixed carbon that is converted into net primary production …

C4 photosynthesis: 50 years of discovery and innovation

S Von Caemmerer, O Ghannoum… - Journal of experimental …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
It is now over half a century since the biochemical characterization of the C4 photosynthetic
pathway, and this special issue highlights the sheer breadth of current knowledge. New …