Photosynthesis across African cassava germplasm is limited by Rubisco and mesophyll conductance at steady state, but by stomatal conductance in fluctuating light

How African scientists are improving cassava to help feed the world

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Rate of photosynthetic induction in fluctuating light varies widely among genotypes of wheat

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Optimizing Rubisco and its regulation for greater resource use efficiency

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Rubisco activase is a key regulator of non-steady-state photosynthesis at any leaf temperature and, to a lesser extent, of steady-state photosynthesis at high temperature

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Genotypic variations in activities of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and correlations with leaf photosynthetic characteristics and crop productivity of cassava grown in low-land seasonally-dry tropics

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