Photosynthesis: ancient, essential, complex, diverse … and in need of improvement in a changing world

The Costs of Photorespiration to Food Production Now and in the Future

(2016) Berkley J. Walker et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Online CO2and H2O oxygen isotope fractionation allows estimation of mesophyll conductance in C4plants, and reveals that mesophyll conductance decreases as leaves age in both C4and C3plants

(2016) Margaret M. Barbour et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A roadmap for improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models

(2016) Alistair Rogers et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effects of kinetics of light-induced stomatal responses on photosynthesis and water-use efficiency

(2016) Lorna McAusland et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Temperature response of mesophyll conductance in three C4 species calculated with two methods: 18 O discrimination and in vitro V pmax

(2016) Nerea Ubierna et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The Road to C4Photosynthesis: Evolution of a Complex Trait via Intermediary States

(2016) Urte Schlüter et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Carbon dioxide and water transport through plant aquaporins

(2016) Michael Groszmann et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence from high-resolution imaging spectroscopy data to quantify spatio-temporal patterns of photosynthetic function in crop canopies

(2016) Francisco Pinto et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Has photosynthetic capacity increased with 80 years of soybean breeding? An examination of historical soybean cultivars

(2016) Robert P. Koester et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Engineering C4photosynthesis into C3chassis in the synthetic biology age

(2016) Mara L. Schuler et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Improving the monitoring of crop productivity using spaceborne solar-induced fluorescence

(2015) Kaiyu Guan et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Opposing effects of folding and assembly chaperones on evolvability of Rubisco

(2015) Paulo Durão et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Photosynthetic fluorescence, from molecule to planet

(2015) Gabriela S. Schlau-Cohen et al.   PHYSICS TODAY

Introducing an algal carbon-concentrating mechanism into higher plants: location and incorporation of key components

(2015) Nicky Atkinson et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Mesophyll conductance to CO2 and Rubisco as targets for improving intrinsic water use efficiency in C3 plants

(2015) J. Flexas et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Improving recombinant Rubisco biogenesis, plant photosynthesis and growth by coexpressing its ancillary RAF1 chaperone

(2015) Spencer M. Whitney et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

(2015) Donald R. Ort et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Role of auxiliary proteins in Rubisco biogenesis and function

(2015) Thomas Hauser et al.   Nature Plants

Photosynthesis: Rubisco rescue

(2015) Rebekka M. Wachter et al.   Nature Plants

ATP and Magnesium Promote Cotton Short-Form Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase (Rubisco) Activase Hexamer Formation at Low Micromolar Concentrations

(2014) Agnieszka M. Kuriata et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Temperature responses of mesophyll conductance differ greatly between species

(2014) SUSANNE von CAEMMERER et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

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

(2014) JERONI GALMÉS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

The Benefits of Photorespiratory Bypasses: How Can They Work?

(2014) Chang-Peng Xin et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Rubisco catalytic properties optimized for present and future climatic conditions

(2014) J. Galmés et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Models of fluorescence and photosynthesis for interpreting measurements of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence

(2014) C. van der Tol et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Future Scenarios for Plant Phenotyping

(2013) Fabio Fiorani et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Mesophyll diffusion conductance to CO2: An unappreciated central player in photosynthesis

(2012) Jaume Flexas et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture

(2011) D. Tilman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evergreens favored by higher responsiveness to increased CO2

(2011) Ülo Niinemets et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Leaf Functional Anatomy in Relation to Photosynthesis

(2010) I. Terashima et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Inhibits Nitrate Assimilation in Wheat and Arabidopsis

(2010) A. J. Bloom et al.   SCIENCE

What is the maximum efficiency with which photosynthesis can convert solar energy into biomass?

(2008) Xin-Guang Zhu et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY