Journal
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
Volume 227, Issue 4, Pages 1097-1108Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.16454
Keywords
dynamic photosynthesis; food security; photosynthesis; photosynthetic induction; rice; Rubisco activase; stomata; water-use efficiency
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- project Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
- UK Department for International Development (UK Aid) [OPP1172157]
- US Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security Fellowship
- MINDS in Ag Fellowship through the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Office of International Programs in the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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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 conditions of fluctuating light, this lower efficiency during induction may cost > 20% of potential crop assimilation. Accelerating induction would boost photosynthetic and resource-use efficiencies. Variation between rice accessions and potential for accelerating induction was analysed by gas exchange. Induction during shade to sun transitions of 14 accessions representing five subpopulations from the 3000 Rice Genome Project Panel (3K RGP) was analysed. Differences of 109% occurred in the CO2 fixed during the first 300 s of induction, 117% in the half-time to completion of induction, and 65% in intrinsic water-use efficiency during induction, between the highest and lowest performing accessions. Induction in three accessions with contrasting responses (AUS 278, NCS 771 A and IR64-21) was compared for a range of [CO2] to analyse limitations. This showed in vivo capacity for carboxylation at Rubisco (V-c,V-max), and not stomata, as the primary limitation to induction, with significant differences between accessions. Variation in nonsteady-state efficiency greatly exceeded that at steady state, suggesting a new and more promising opportunity for selection of greater crop photosynthetic efficiency in this key food crop.
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