A meta-analysis of responses of canopy photosynthetic conversion efficiency to environmental factors reveals major causes of yield gap

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3723-3733

  Slattery, Rebecca A ^a,b   Ainsworth, Elizabeth A ^a,b,c   Ort, Donald R ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Plant Biology ^*  (United States)

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

^c USDA ARS Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; crop management; harvest index; meta analysis; photosynthesis; radiation use efficiency; yield gap; yield potential

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; OZONE; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; CROP MANAGEMENT; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HARVEST INDEX; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY; TEMPERATURE; YIELD GAP.; YIELD POTENTIAL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP MANAGEMENT; HARVEST INDEX; META-ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD GAP.; YIELD POTENTIAL;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; OZONE; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84883250276     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert207     Document Type: Article

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