Optimizing R ubisco and its regulation for greater resource use efficiency

E Carmo‐Silva, JC Scales, PJ Madgwick… - Plant, cell & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Rubisco catalyses the carboxylation of ribulose‐1, 5‐bisphosphate (RuBP), enabling net
CO2 assimilation in photosynthesis. The properties and regulation of R ubisco are not …

Raising yield potential of wheat. II. Increasing photosynthetic capacity and efficiency

MAJ Parry, M Reynolds, ME Salvucci… - Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Past increases in yield potential of wheat have largely resulted from improvements in
harvest index rather than increased biomass. Further large increases in harvest index are …

Effects of water stress on photosynthesis, yield, and water use efficiency in winter wheat

W Zhao, L Liu, Q Shen, J Yang, X Han, F Tian, J Wu - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Drought has become one of the major constraints to agricultural development, particularly in
areas that lack water. Studying the effects of different water stresses on the photosynthesis …

Advancing Our Understanding and Capacity to Engineer Nature's CO2-Sequestering Enzyme, Rubisco

SM Whitney, RL Houtz, H Alonso - Plant physiology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
There is a growing impetus in developing novel strategies to address global concerns
regarding food security. As crop productivity gains through traditional breeding begin to lag …

Phenotyping of field-grown wheat in the UK highlights contribution of light response of photosynthesis and flag leaf longevity to grain yield

E Carmo-Silva, PJ Andralojc, JC Scales… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Improving photosynthesis is a major target for increasing crop yields and ensuring food
security. Phenotyping of photosynthesis in the field is critical to understand the limits to crop …

Natural variation in photosynthetic capacity, growth, and yield in 64 field-grown wheat genotypes

SM Driever, T Lawson, PJ Andralojc… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Increasing photosynthesis in wheat has been identified as an approach to enhance crop
yield, with manipulation of key genes involved in electron transport and the Calvin cycle as …

Expanding knowledge of the R ubisco kinetics variability in plant species: environmental and evolutionary trends

J Galmes, MV Kapralov, PJ Andralojc… - Plant, Cell & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The present study characterizes the kinetic properties of ribulose‐1, 5‐bisphosphate
carboxylase/oxygenase (R ubisco) from 28 terrestrial plant species, representing different …

Temperature responses of Rubisco from Paniceae grasses provide opportunities for improving C3 photosynthesis

RE Sharwood, O Ghannoum, MV Kapralov, LH Gunn… - Nature Plants, 2016 - nature.com
Enhancing the catalytic properties of the CO 2-fixing enzyme Rubisco is a target for
improving agricultural crop productivity. Here, we reveal extensive diversity in the kinetic …

Origins and diversity of eukaryotic CO2-concentrating mechanisms: lessons for the future

M Meyer, H Griffiths - Journal of experimental botany, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The importance of the eukaryotic algal CO2-concentrating mechanism (CCM) is considered
in terms of global productivity as well as molecular phylogeny and diversity. The three major …

Biochemical characterization of predicted Precambrian RuBisCO

PM Shih, A Occhialini, JC Cameron… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The antiquity and global abundance of the enzyme, RuBisCO, attests to the crucial and
longstanding role it has played in the biogeochemical cycles of Earth over billions of years …