Crop species with the C4 photosynthetic pathway are generally characterized by high
productivity, especially in environmental conditions favouring photorespiration. In …

Highlights•WUE is an important trait in plant breeding but it is difficult to phenotype.•Using
leaf carbon isotopes to screen for water use efficiency in C 4 crops discussed.•Effect of …

Diffusion of CO 2 from the leaf intercellular air space to the site of carboxylation (gm) is a
potential trait for increasing net rates of CO 2 assimilation (Anet), photosynthetic efficiency …

Accumulation and distribution of zinc within Miscanthus× giganteus plants grown on
elevated Zn concentrations and their photosynthetic performance were investigated. High …

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of light quality on the growth and
contents of photosynthetic pigments and total flavonoids, the parameters of chlorophyll a …

This work aims at developing an adequate theoretical basis for comparing assimilation of
the ancestral C3 pathway with CO 2 concentrating mechanisms (CCM) that have evolved to …

In this study, effects of yellow (Y), purple (P), red (R), blue (B), green (G), and white (W) light
on growth and development of tobacco plants were evaluated. We showed that …

Photosynthetic organisms need to respond frequently to the fluctuation of light quality and
light quantity in their habitat. In response to the fluctuation of different single wavelength …

Chloroplasts movement within mesophyll cells in C4 plants is hypothesized to enhance the
CO2 concentrating mechanism, but this is difficult to verify experimentally. A three …

The potassium (K) role is very important for plants; indeed it is an essential macronutrient
and has a several metabolic functions, and one of them is implicant on photosynthesis …