Diffusional conductances to CO2 as a target for increasing photosynthesis and photosynthetic water-use efficiency

J Flexas, Ü Niinemets, A Gallé, MM Barbour… - Photosynthesis …, 2013‏ - Springer
A key objective for sustainable agriculture and forestry is to breed plants with both high
carbon gain and water-use efficiency (WUE). At the level of leaf physiology, this implies …

Mesophyll conductance to CO2: current knowledge and future prospects

J Flexas, M Ribas‐Carbo, A Diaz‐Espejo… - Plant, cell & …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
During photosynthesis, CO2 moves from the atmosphere (Ca) surrounding the leaf to the
sub‐stomatal internal cavities (Ci) through stomata, and from there to the site of …

Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum

Y Onoda, IJ Wright, JR Evans, K Hikosaka… - New …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
The leaf economics spectrum (LES) represents a suite of intercorrelated leaf traits
concerning construction costs per unit leaf area, nutrient concentrations, and rates of carbon …

Carbon isotopes and water use efficiency: sense and sensitivity

U Seibt, A Rajabi, H Griffiths, JA Berry - Oecologia, 2008‏ - Springer
We revisit the relationship between plant water use efficiency and carbon isotope signatures
(δ 13 C) of plant material. Based on the definitions of intrinsic, instantaneous and integrated …

Photosynthetic limitations in response to water stress and recovery in Mediterranean plants with different growth forms

J Galmés, H Medrano, J Flexas - New phytologist, 2007‏ - Wiley Online Library
Whether photosynthesis is limited during water stress and recovery because of diffusive or
biochemical factors is still open to debate, and apparent contradictions appear when various …

Role of mesophyll diffusion conductance in constraining potential photosynthetic productivity in the field

Ü Niinemets, A Díaz-Espejo, J Flexas… - Journal of …, 2009‏ - academic.oup.com
Limited mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2 (gm) can significantly constrain plant
photosynthesis, but the extent of g m-limitation is still imperfectly known. As gm scales …

Photosynthesis and photosynthetic efficiencies along the terrestrial plant's phylogeny: lessons for improving crop photosynthesis

J Flexas, M Carriquí - The Plant Journal, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthesis is the basis of all life on Earth. Surprisingly, until very recently, data on
photosynthesis, photosynthetic efficiencies, and photosynthesis limitations in terrestrial land …

Leaf internal diffusion conductance limits photosynthesis more strongly in older leaves of Mediterranean evergreen broad‐leaved species

ÜLO Niinemets, A Cescatti… - Plant, Cell & …, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
Leaf age‐dependent changes in structure, nitrogen content, internal mesophyll diffusion
conductance (gm), the capacity for photosynthetic electron transport (Jmax) and the …

Stand aside stomata, another actor deserves centre stage: the forgotten role of the internal conductance to CO2 transfer

CR Warren - Journal of experimental botany, 2008‏ - academic.oup.com
Internal conductance describes the movement of CO2 from substomatal cavities to sites of
carboxylation. Internal conductance has now been measured in approximately 50 species …

Internal conductance does not scale with photosynthetic capacity: implications for carbon isotope discrimination and the economics of water and nitrogen use in …

CR Warren, MA Adams - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
Central paradigms of ecophysiology are that there are recognizable and even explicit and
predictable patterns among species, genera, and life forms in the economics of water and …