Improving photosynthesis

JR Evans - Plant physiology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Photosynthesis is the basis of plant growth, and improving photosynthesis can contribute
toward greater food security in the coming decades as world population increases. Multiple …

Optimizing R ubisco and its regulation for greater resource use efficiency

E Carmo‐Silva, JC Scales, PJ Madgwick… - Plant, cell & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Rubisco catalyses the carboxylation of ribulose‐1, 5‐bisphosphate (RuBP), enabling net
CO2 assimilation in photosynthesis. The properties and regulation of R ubisco are not …

TRY plant trait database–enhanced coverage and open access

J Kattge, G Bönisch, S Díaz, S Lavorel… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect …

TRY–a global database of plant traits

J Kattge, S Diaz, S Lavorel, IC Prentice… - Global change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Plant traits–the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological
characteristics of plants and their organs–determine how primary producers respond to …

Surveying Rubisco diversity and temperature response to improve crop photosynthetic efficiency

DJ Orr, A Alcântara, MV Kapralov, PJ Andralojc… - Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The threat to global food security of stagnating yields and population growth makes
increasing crop productivity a critical goal over the coming decades. One key target for …

Expanding knowledge of the R ubisco kinetics variability in plant species: environmental and evolutionary trends

J Galmes, MV Kapralov, PJ Andralojc… - Plant, Cell & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The present study characterizes the kinetic properties of ribulose‐1, 5‐bisphosphate
carboxylase/oxygenase (R ubisco) from 28 terrestrial plant species, representing different …

Rubisco catalytic properties and temperature response in crops

C Hermida-Carrera, MV Kapralov, J Galmés - Plant Physiology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Rubisco catalytic traits and their thermal dependence are two major factors limiting the CO2
assimilation potential of plants. In this study, we present the profile of Rubisco kinetics for 20 …

The evolutionary ecology of C4 plants

PA Christin, CP Osborne - New Phytologist, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
C4 photosynthesis is a physiological syndrome resulting from multiple anatomical and
biochemical components, which function together to increase the CO 2 concentration …

The complete chloroplast genome provides insight into the evolution and polymorphism of Panax ginseng

Y Zhao, J Yin, H Guo, Y Zhang, W Xiao, C Sun… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Panax ginseng CA Meyer (P. ginseng) is an important medicinal plant and is often used in
traditional Chinese medicine. With next generation sequencing (NGS) technology, we …

One-third of the plastid genes evolved under positive selection in PACMAD grasses

A Piot, J Hackel, PA Christin, G Besnard - Planta, 2018 - Springer
Main conclusion We demonstrate that rbcL underwent strong positive selection during the C
3–C 4 photosynthetic transitions in PACMAD grasses, in particular the 3′ end of the gene …