Incident irradiance on plant leaves often fluctuates, causing dynamic photosynthesis.
Whereas steady-state photosynthetic responses to environmental factors have been …

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 …

The temperature responses of mesophyll conductance (gm) were investigated for nine
species using carbon isotope techniques combining tunable diode laser spectroscopy and …

Many eukaryotic green algae possess biophysical carbon‐concentrating mechanisms (CCM
s) that enhance photosynthetic efficiency and thus permit high growth rates at low CO 2 …

Natural selection on photosynthetic performance is a primary factor determining leaf
phenotypes. The complex CO 2 diffusion path from substomatal cavities to the chloroplasts …

Comparative studies on plant species have not distinguished between two inherently
different applications of the idea of a trade-off. In the first case, the theoretical trade-off …

Light gradients within tree canopies play a major role in the distribution of plant resources
that define the photosynthetic capacity of sun and shade leaves. However, the biochemical …

We present a combined three‐dimensional (3‐D) model of light propagation, CO2 diffusion
and photosynthesis in tomato (S olanum lycopersicum L.) leaves. The model incorporates a …

In this study the sensitivity of peach tree (Prunus persica L.) to three water stress levels from
mid-pit hardening until harvest was assessed. Seasonal patterns of shoot and fruit growth …

Mesophyll conductance to CO2 (gm), a key photosynthetic trait, is strongly constrained by
leaf anatomy. Leaf anatomical parameters such as cell wall thickness and chloroplast area …