Life at the boundary: Photosynthesis at the soil-fluid interface. A synthesis focusing on mosses

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1613-1623

  Raven, John A ^a,b   Colmer, Timothy D ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ABA; adaptation to global change; bryophytes; C3 biochemistry and physiology; decreased oxygen; hornworts; increased carbon dioxide; liverworts; mosses; photorespiration; transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; SOIL;

EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; MOSS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRYOPHYTA; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL;

EID: 84962860375     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw012     Document Type: Article

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