Manipulating photorespiration to increase plant productivity: Recent advances and perspectives for crop improvement

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2977-2988

  Betti, Marco ^a   Bauwe, Hermann ^b   Busch, Florian A ^c   Fernie, Alisdair R ^d   Keech, Olivier ^e   Levey, Myles ^f   Ort, Donald R ^g,h   Parry, Martin A J ⁱ   Sage, Rowan ^j   Timm, Stefan ^b   Walker, Berkley ^g,h   Weber, Andreas P M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

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

ⁱ LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Crops; Food production; Genetic engineering; Photorespiration; Rubisco; Yield improvement

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CROP PRODUCTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PROCEDURES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP PRODUCTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS;

EID: 84970045099     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw076     Document Type: Review

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