N uptake and distribution in crops: an agronomical and ecophysiological perspective

F Gastal, G Lemaire - Journal of experimental botany, 2002‏ - academic.oup.com
The rate of N uptake of crops is highly variable during crop development and between years
and sites. However, under ample soil N availability, crop N accumulation is highly related to …

Interspecific difference in the photosynthesis–nitrogen relationship: patterns, physiological causes, and ecological importance

K Hikosaka - Journal of plant research, 2004‏ - Springer
The photosynthesis–nitrogen relationship is significantly different among species.
Photosynthetic capacity per unit leaf nitrogen, termed as photosynthetic nitrogen-use …

Water deficit and nitrogen nutrition of crops. A review

V Gonzalez-Dugo, JL Durand… - Agronomy for …, 2010‏ - agronomy-journal.org
Among the environmental factors that can be modified by farmers, water and nitrogen are
the main ones controlling plant growth. Irrigation and fertilizer application overcome this …

A model of the acclimation of photosynthesis in the leaves of C3 plants to sun and shade with respect to nitrogen use

K Hikosaka, I Terashima - Plant, Cell & Environment, 1995‏ - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A model of leaf photosynthesis of C3, plants has been developed to describe
their nitrogen economy. In this model, photosynthetic proteins are categorized into five …

Comparative ecophysiology of leaf and canopy photosynthesis

I Terashima, K Hikosaka - Plant, Cell & Environment, 1995‏ - Wiley Online Library
Leaves and herbaceous leaf canopies photosynthesize efficiently although the distribution
of light, the ultimate resource of photosynthesis, is very biased in these systems. As has …

Leaf and plant age affects photosynthetic performance and photoprotective capacity

LW Bielczynski, MK Łącki, I Hoefnagels… - Plant …, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
In this work, we studied the changes in high-light tolerance and photosynthetic activity in
leaves of the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) rosette throughout the vegetative stage of …

Quantifying crop responses to nitrogen and avenues to improve nitrogen-use efficiency

F Gastal, G Lemaire, JL Durand, G Louarn - Crop physiology, 2015‏ - Elsevier
In the last 40 years, the global use of mineral N fertilizers has increased to support
increasing food demand. Misuse of fertilizer has led to environmental problems in some …

Leaf canopy as a dynamic system: ecophysiology and optimality in leaf turnover

K Hikosaka - Annals of botany, 2005‏ - academic.oup.com
Background and Aims In a leaf canopy, there is a turnover of leaves; ie they are produced,
senesce and fall. These processes determine the amount of leaf area in the canopy, which …

Development of the Monsi–Saeki theory on canopy structure and function

T Hirose - Annals of botany, 2005‏ - academic.oup.com
Background and Aims Monsi and Saeki (1953) published the first mathematical model of
canopy photosynthesis that was based on the light attenuation within a canopy and a light …

Leaf anatomy as a constraint for photosynthetic acclimation: differential responses in leaf anatomy to increasing growth irradiance among three deciduous trees

R Oguchi, K Hikosaka, T Hirose - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
Interspecific variation in the response to transfer from low to high growth irradiance with
respect to anatomical and photosynthetic characteristics was studied in mature leaves of …