Genetics as a key to improving crop photosynthesis

TPJM Theeuwen, LL Logie, J Harbinson… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Since the basic biochemical mechanisms of photosynthesis are remarkably conserved
among plant species, genetic modification approaches have so far been the main route to …

A guide to photosynthetic gas exchange measurements: Fundamental principles, best practice and potential pitfalls

FA Busch, EA Ainsworth, A Amtmann… - Plant, Cell & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Gas exchange measurements enable mechanistic insights into the processes that underpin
carbon and water fluxes in plant leaves which in turn inform understanding of related …

Linking photosynthesis and yield reveals a strategy to improve light use efficiency in a climbing bean breeding population

B Keller, J Soto, A Steier… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Photosynthesis drives plant physiology, biomass accumulation, and yield. Photosynthetic
efficiency, specifically the operating efficiency of PSII (F q'/F m'), is highly responsive to …

[HTML][HTML] Framework to guide modeling single and multiple abiotic stresses in arable crops

H Webber, EE Rezaei, M Ryo, F Ewert - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the occurrence of extreme events projected to increase under climate change, it is
critical to assess the risk they pose to food security and identify suitable adaptation options …

Climate change and its impact on crops: A comprehensive investigation for sustainable agriculture

A Kumari, GA Lakshmi, GK Krishna, B Patni, S Prakash… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plants are a highly advanced kingdom of living organisms on the earth. They survive under
all climatic and weather variabilities, including low and high temperature, rainfall, radiation …

The potential of resilient carbon dynamics for stabilizing crop reproductive development and productivity during heat stress

JN Ferguson, AC Tidy, EH Murchie… - Plant, Cell & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Impaired carbon metabolism and reproductive development constrain crop productivity
during heat stress. Reproductive development is energy intensive, and its requirement for …

Water replenishment to maize under heat stress improves canopy temperature and grain filling traits during the reproductive stage

X Wang, N Luo, Y Zhu, Y Yan, H Wang, H **e… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
The occurrence of heat often exacerbates drought stress by increasing atmospheric vapor
pressure deficit and decreasing transpiration efficiency. Water replenishment to increase soil …

Response mechanism of carbon metabolism of Pinus massoniana to gradient high temperature and drought stress

L Li, Y Li, G Ding - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background The carbon metabolism pathway is of paramount importance for the growth and
development of plants, exerting a pivotal regulatory role in stress responses. The …

Accounting for the impact of genotype and environment on variation in leaf respiration of wheat in Mexico and Australia

O Gaju, KJ Bloomfield, ACA Negrini… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
An approach to improving radiation use efficiency (RUE) in wheat is to screen for variability
in rates of leaf respiration in darkness (R dark). We used a high-throughput system to …

Variation in leaf dark respiration among C3 and C4 grasses is associated with use of different substrates

Y Fan, G Tcherkez, AP Scafaro, NL Taylor… - Plant …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Measurements of respiratory properties have often been made at a single time point either
during daytime using dark-adapted leaves or during nighttime. The influence of the day …