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 …

Plant-soil interactions in Mediterranean forest and shrublands: impacts of climatic change

J Sardans, J Peñuelas - Plant and soil, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background In the Mediterranean climate, plants have evolved under conditions of
low soil-water and nutrient availabilities and have acquired a series of adaptive traits that, in …

Differential coordination of stomatal conductance, mesophyll conductance, and leaf hydraulic conductance in response to changing light across species

D **ong, C Douthe, J Flexas - Plant, cell & environment, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Stomatal conductance (gs) and mesophyll conductance (gm) represent major constraints to
photosynthetic rate (A), and these traits are expected to coordinate with leaf hydraulic …

Photosynthetic limitations in Mediterranean plants: a review

J Flexas, A Díaz-Espejo, J Gago, A Gallé… - Environmental and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of the present work is to review the literature concerning photosynthesis of
Mediterranean plants. First, we briefly review the most important environmental constraints …

Relationships of leaf net photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, and mesophyll conductance to primary metabolism: a multispecies meta-analysis approach

J Gago, DM Daloso, CM Figueroa, J Flexas… - Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Plant metabolism drives plant development and plant-environment responses, and data
readouts from this cellular level could provide insights in the underlying molecular …

Photosynthetic and metabolic acclimation to repeated drought events play key roles in drought tolerance in coffee

PE Menezes-Silva, LMVP Sanglard… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Over the last decades, most information on the mechanisms underlying tolerance to drought
has been gained by considering this stress as a single event that happens just once in the …

Leaf hydraulic vulnerability triggers the decline in stomatal and mesophyll conductance during drought in rice

X Wang, T Du, J Huang, S Peng… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the physiological responses of crops to drought is important for ensuring
sustained crop productivity under climate change, which is expected to exacerbate the …

Regulation of photosynthesis and stomatal and mesophyll conductance under water stress and recovery in olive trees: correlation with gene expression of carbonic …

A Perez-Martin, C Michelazzo… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The hypothesis that aquaporins and carbonic anhydrase (CA) are involved in the regulation
of stomatal (gs) and mesophyll (gm) conductance to CO2 was tested in a short-term water …

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 mesophyll conductance and leaf hydraulic conductance: an introduction to their measurement and coordination

J Flexas, C Scoffoni, J Gago… - Journal of Experimental …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Two highly contrasting variables summarizing the efficiency of transport of materials within
the leaf are recognized as playing central roles in determining gas exchange and plant …