Plant carbon metabolism and climate change: elevated CO2 and temperature impacts on photosynthesis, photorespiration and respiration

ME Dusenge, AG Duarte, DA Way - New Phytologist, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Summary 32 I. The importance of plant carbon metabolism for climate change 32 II.
Rising atmospheric CO2 and carbon metabolism 33 III. Rising temperatures and carbon …

Impacts of drought on photosynthesis in major food crops and the related mechanisms of plant responses to drought

M Qiao, C Hong, Y Jiao, S Hou, H Gao - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Drought stress is one of the most critical threats to crop productivity and global food security.
This review addresses the multiple effects of drought on the process of photosynthesis in …

Photosynthetic physiology of blue, green, and red light: Light intensity effects and underlying mechanisms

J Liu, MW Van Iersel - Frontiers in plant science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Red and blue light are traditionally believed to have a higher quantum yield of CO2
assimilation (QY, moles of CO2 assimilated per mole of photons) than green light, because …

Improving photosynthesis and crop productivity by accelerating recovery from photoprotection

J Kromdijk, K Głowacka, L Leonelli, ST Gabilly, M Iwai… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Crop leaves in full sunlight dissipate damaging excess absorbed light energy as heat. When
sunlit leaves are shaded by clouds or other leaves, this protective dissipation continues for …

Rice with reduced stomatal density conserves water and has improved drought tolerance under future climate conditions

RS Caine, X Yin, J Sloan, EL Harrison… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Much of humanity relies on rice (Oryza sativa) as a food source, but cultivation is water
intensive and the crop is vulnerable to drought and high temperatures. Under climate …

Integrated flux and pool size analysis in plant central metabolism reveals unique roles of glycine and serine during photorespiration

X Fu, LM Gregory, SE Weise, BJ Walker - Nature Plants, 2023 - nature.com
Photorespiration is an essential process juxtaposed between plant carbon and nitrogen
metabolism that responds to dynamic environments. Photorespiration recycles inhibitory …

Leaf chlorophyll content as a proxy for leaf photosynthetic capacity

H Croft, JM Chen, X Luo, P Bartlett, B Chen… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Improving the accuracy of estimates of forest carbon exchange is a central priority for
understanding ecosystem response to increased atmospheric CO 2 levels and improving …

Effects of drought stress on photosynthesis and photosynthetic electron transport chain in young apple tree leaves

Z Wang, G Li, H Sun, L Ma, Y Guo, Z Zhao… - Biology …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
In our study, the effects of water stress on photosynthesis and photosynthetic electron
transport chain (PETC) were studied in several ways, including monitoring the change of …

Anionic cerium oxide nanoparticles protect plant photosynthesis from abiotic stress by scavenging reactive oxygen species

H Wu, N Tito, JP Giraldo - ACS nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Plant abiotic stress leads to accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and a
consequent decrease in photosynthetic performance. We demonstrate that a plant …

Rubisco deactivation and chloroplast electron transport rates co-limit photosynthesis above optimal leaf temperature in terrestrial plants

AP Scafaro, BC Posch, JR Evans, GD Farquhar… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Net photosynthetic CO2 assimilation rate (A n) decreases at leaf temperatures above a
relatively mild optimum (T opt) in most higher plants. This decline is often attributed to …