Can improvement in photosynthesis increase crop yields?

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-330

  Long, Stephen P ^a   Zhu, Xin Guang ^a   Naidu, Shawna L ^a   Ort, Donald R ^b  

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

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop improvement; Genetic transformation; Global change; Global food supply; Harvest index; Photorespiration; Plant breeding; Plant canopy architecture; Rubisco; Yield potential

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RIBULOSE 1,5 DIPHOSPHATE; RIBULOSE PHOSPHATE; RIBULOSE-1,5 DIPHOSPHATE;

CROP IMPROVEMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT BREEDING; YIELD;

BIOMASS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; REVIEW; SUNLIGHT;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; RIBULOSEPHOSPHATES; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 33645023824     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01493.x     Document Type: Review

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