Slow induction of photosynthesis on shade to sun transitions in wheat may cost at least 21% of productivity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 1730, 2017, Pages

  Taylor, Samuel H ^a   Long, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Crop yield improvement; Food security; Photosynthetic induction; Rubisco; Rubisco activase; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SUNLIGHT; WHEAT;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; SUNLIGHT; TRITICUM;

EID: 85027587124     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0543     Document Type: Article

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