Engineering plants to reflect light: Strategies for engineering water-efficient plants to adapt to a changing climate

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 867-874

  Zamft, Bradley M ^a,b   Conrado, Robert J ^a,c  

^a Currently with Benson Hill   (United States)

^b BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c LanzaTech Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

PAR; Albedo; Light use efficiency; Reflectivity; Transpiration; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; WATER;

EID: 84939570509     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12382     Document Type: Article

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