Enhanced leaf photosynthesis as a target to increase grain yield: Insights from transgenic rice lines with variable Rieske FeS protein content in the cytochrome b6/f complex

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 80-87

  Yamori, Wataru ^a,d   Kondo, Eri ^b   Sugiura, Daisuke ^c   Terashima, Ichiro ^c,d   Suzuki, Yuji ^b   Makino, Amane ^b,d  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Electron transport; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP YIELD; CYTOCHROME; ELECTRON; GENOTYPE; LEAF; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOCHROME B6F; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT PROTEIN;

BIOMASS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FOOD GRAIN; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; ORYZA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; THYLAKOID; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOCHROME B6F COMPLEX; EDIBLE GRAIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT; ORYZA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; THYLAKOIDS;

EID: 84955202525     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12594     Document Type: Article

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