Into the shadows and back into sunlight: photosynthesis in fluctuating light

SP Long, SH Taylor, SJ Burgess… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Photosynthesis is an important remaining opportunity for further improvement in the genetic
yield potential of our major crops. Measurement, analysis, and improvement of leaf CO2 …

A 'wiring diagram'for sink strength traits impacting wheat yield potential

GA Slafer, MJ Foulkes, MP Reynolds… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Identifying traits for improving sink strength is a bottleneck to increasing wheat yield. The
interacting processes determining sink strength and yield potential are reviewed and …

Improving crop yield and resilience through optimization of photosynthesis: panacea or pipe dream?

JL Araus, R Sanchez-Bragado… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Increasing the speed of breeding to enhance crop productivity and adaptation to abiotic
stresses is urgently needed. The perception that a second Green Revolution should be …

The impact of slow stomatal kinetics on photosynthesis and water use efficiency under fluctuating light

D Eyland, J van Wesemael, T Lawson… - Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Dynamic light conditions require continuous adjustments of stomatal aperture. The kinetics
of stomatal conductance (gs) is hypothesized to be key to plant productivity and water use …

[HTML][HTML] The phytotoxicity of microplastics to the photosynthetic performance and transcriptome profiling of Nicotiana tabacum seedlings

L Teng, Y Zhu, H Li, X Song, L Shi - Ecotoxicology and environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (MPs), as emerging “new generation” organic contaminants, have
attracted extensive attention regarding their severe toxicity to aquatic and terrestrial …

Variation in photosynthetic induction between rice accessions and its potential for improving productivity

LG Acevedo‐Siaca, R Coe, Y Wang… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthetic induction describes the transient increase in leaf CO2 uptake with an
increase in light. During induction, efficiency is lower than at steady state. Under field …

Dynamic response of photorespiration in fluctuating light environments

X Fu, BJ Walker - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Photorespiration is a dynamic process that is intimately linked to photosynthetic carbon
assimilation. There is a growing interest in understanding carbon assimilation during …

A 'wiring diagram'for source strength traits impacting wheat yield potential

EH Murchie, M Reynolds, GA Slafer… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Source traits are currently of great interest for the enhancement of yield potential; for
example, much effort is being expended to find ways of modifying photosynthesis. However …

Stomatal, mesophyll conductance, and biochemical limitations to photosynthesis during induction

K Sakoda, W Yamori, M Groszmann… - Plant …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The dynamics of leaf photosynthesis in fluctuating light affects carbon gain by plants.
Mesophyll conductance (gm) limits CO2 assimilation rate (A) under the steady state, but the …

Photosynthesis in the fleeting shadows: an overlooked opportunity for increasing crop productivity?

Y Wang, SJ Burgess, EM de Becker… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthesis measurements are traditionally taken under steady‐state conditions;
however, leaves in crop fields experience frequent fluctuations in light and take time to …