Stable carbon isotope ratios (δ13 C) of terrestrial plants are employed across a diverse
range of applications in environmental and plant sciences; however, the kind of information …

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 …

Rapidly changing light conditions can reduce carbon gain and productivity in field crops
because photosynthetic responses to light fluctuations are not instantaneous. Plant …

Ever since the discovery of C4 photosynthesis in the mid-1960s, plant biologists have
envisaged the introduction of the C4 photosynthetic pathway into C3 crops such as rice and …

In the challenge to increase photosynthetic rate per leaf area mathematical models of
photosynthesis can be used to help interpret gas exchange measurements made under …

Photosynthetic carbon isotope discrimination is a non-destructive tool for investigating C4
metabolism. Tuneable diode laser absorption spectroscopy provides new opportunities for …

The efficiency of C4 photosynthesis in Zea mays, Miscanthus x giganteus and Flaveria
bidentis in response to light was determined using measurements of gas exchange, 13CO2 …

C4 photosynthesis allows faster photosynthetic rates and higher water and nitrogen use
efficiency than C3 photosynthesis, but at the cost of lower quantum yield due to the energy …

C4 plants play a key role in world agriculture. For example, C4 crops such as maize and
sorghum are major contributors to food production in both developed and developing …

Mitochondrial respiration often appears to be inhibited in the light when compared with
measurements in the dark. This inhibition is inferred from the response of the net CO2 …