Would transformation of C3 crop plants with foreign Rubisco increase productivity? A computational analysis extrapolating from kinetic properties to canopy photosynthesis

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-165

  Zhu, X G ^a   Portis Jr , A R ^a,b   Long, S P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c 190 ERML ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amaranthus edulis; Calvin cycle; Global atmospheric change; Griffithsia monilis; Model; Phaeodactylum tricornatum; Photorespiration; Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; CROP PLANT; GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; GRIFFITHSIA; GRIFFITHSIA MONILIS; PHAEODACTYLUM;

EID: 1242344163     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2004.01142.x     Document Type: Review

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