Improving photosynthetic efficiency for greater yield

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2010, Pages 235-261

  Zhu, Xin Guang ^a,b,c   Long, Stephen P ^c   Ort, Donald R ^c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

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

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Global climate change; Photoprotection; Photorespiration; Rubisco; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLYASE;

CROP; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW;

CARBOXY-LYASES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 77952533806     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042809-112206     Document Type: Article

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