A paler shade of green: engineering cellular chlorophyll content to enhance photosynthesis in crowded environments

EA Cutolo, Z Guardini, L Dall'Osto, R Bassi - New Phytologist, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In natural ecosystems, plants compete for space, nutrients and light. The optically dense
canopies limit the penetration of photosynthetically active radiation and light often becomes …

Perspectives on improving light distribution and light use efficiency in crop canopies

RA Slattery, DR Ort - Plant Physiology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Plant stands in nature differ markedly from most seen in modern agriculture. In a dense
mixed stand, plants must vie for resources, including light, for greater survival and fitness …

Photosynthesis and resource distribution through plant canopies

U Niinemets - Plant, cell & environment, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Plant canopies are characterized by dramatic gradients of light between canopy top and
bottom, and interactions between light, temperature and water vapour deficits. This review …

Optimization and evolution of light harvesting in photosynthesis: the role of antenna chlorophyll conserved between photosystem II and photosystem I

S Vasil'ev, D Bruce - The Plant Cell, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The efficiency of oxygenic photosynthesis depends on the presence of core antenna
chlorophyll closely associated with the photochemical reaction centers of both photosystem …

The impact of modifying photosystem antenna size on canopy photosynthetic efficiency—Development of a new canopy photosynthesis model scaling from …

Q Song, Y Wang, M Qu, DR Ort… - Plant, Cell & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Canopy photosynthesis (Ac) describes photosynthesis of an entire crop field and the daily
and seasonal integrals of Ac positively correlate with daily and seasonal biomass …

Optimizing antenna size to maximize photosynthetic efficiency

DR Ort, X Zhu, A Melis - Plant physiology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The theoretical upper limit for the operational efficiency of plant photosynthesis has been
estimated from a detailed stepwise analysis of the biophysical and biochemical …

Chlorophyll can be reduced in crop canopies with little penalty to photosynthesis

BJ Walker, DT Drewry, RA Slattery… - Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The hypothesis that reducing chlorophyll content (Chl) can increase canopy photosynthesis
in soybeans was tested using an advanced model of canopy photosynthesis. The …

Truncated light-harvesting chlorophyll antenna size in Chlorella vulgaris improves biomass productivity

WS Shin, B Lee, B Jeong, YK Chang… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Springer
Microalgae have been proposed as eco-friendly feedstocks for biodiesel production,
because they accumulate large amounts of lipids and increase their biomass through …

Far-red light acclimation in diverse oxygenic photosynthetic organisms

BM Wolf, RE Blankenship - Photosynthesis Research, 2019 - Springer
Oxygenic photosynthesis has historically been considered limited to be driven by the
wavelengths of visible light. However, in the last few decades, various adaptations have …

Cell size, photosynthesis and the package effect: an artificial selection approach

ME Malerba, MM Palacios… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cell size correlates with most traits among phytoplankton species. Theory predicts that
larger cells should show poorer photosynthetic performance, perhaps due to reduced …