A meta‐analysis of plant responses to light intensity for 70 traits ranging from molecules to whole plant performance

H Poorter, Ü Niinemets, N Ntagkas… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
By means of meta‐analyses we determined how 70 traits related to plant anatomy,
morphology, chemistry, physiology, growth and reproduction are affected by daily light …

[HTML][HTML] Plant adaptation to drought stress

S Basu, V Ramegowda, A Kumar, A Pereira - F1000Research, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Plants in their natural habitats adapt to drought stress in the environment through a variety of
mechanisms, ranging from transient responses to low soil moisture to major survival …

Rubisco and rubisco activase play an important role in the biochemical limitations of photosynthesis in rice, wheat, and maize under high temperature and water deficit

JA Perdomo, S Capó-Bauçà, E Carmo-Silva… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
To understand the effect of heat and drought on three major cereal crops, the physiological
and biochemical (ie, metabolic) factors affecting photosynthesis were examined in rice …

Screening of microalgae liquid extracts for their bio stimulant properties on plant growth, nutrient uptake and metabolite profile of Solanum lycopersicum L.

C Mutale-Joan, B Redouane, E Najib, K Yassine… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The present study investigates the biostimulant effects of 18 Crude Bio-Extracts (CBEs)
obtained from Microalgae and Cyanobacteria on tomato plant growth, chlorophyll content …

Mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2: an unappreciated central player in photosynthesis

J Flexas, MM Barbour, O Brendel, HM Cabrera… - Plant Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2 is a key photosynthetic trait that has been studied
intensively in the past years. The intention of the present review is to update knowledge of …

Stomatal conductance, mesophyll conductance, and transpiration efficiency in relation to leaf anatomy in rice and wheat genotypes under drought

W Ouyang, PC Struik, X Yin… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Increasing leaf transpiration efficiency (TE) may provide leads for growing rice like dryland
cereals such as wheat (Triticum aestivum). To explore avenues for improving TE in rice …

Cell wall thickness and composition are involved in photosynthetic limitation

J Flexas, MJ Clemente-Moreno, J Bota… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The key role of cell walls in setting mesophyll conductance to CO2 (gm) and, consequently,
photosynthesis is reviewed. First, the theoretical properties of cell walls that can affect gm …

Importance of leaf anatomy in determining mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2 across species: quantitative limitations and scaling up by models

M Tomás, J Flexas, L Copolovici… - Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Foliage photosynthetic and structural traits were studied in 15 species with a wide range of
foliage anatomies to gain insight into the importance of key anatomical traits in the limitation …

Temperature responses of mesophyll conductance differ greatly between species

S von CAEMMERER, JR Evans - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The temperature responses of mesophyll conductance (gm) were investigated for nine
species using carbon isotope techniques combining tunable diode laser spectroscopy and …

Mesophyll conductance: walls, membranes and spatial complexity

JR Evans - New Phytologist, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A significant resistance to CO2 diffusion is imposed by mesophyll tissue inside leaves.
Mesophyll resistance, rm (or its reciprocal, mesophyll conductance, gm), reduces the rate at …