ReviewPlant physiology2015
Photosynthetic energy conversion efficiency: setting a baseline for gauging future improvements in important food and biofuel crops.
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- Metabolic pathways engineering for drought or/and heat tolerance in cereals.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Review
- Antioxidant potential and essential oil properties of Hypericum perforatum L. assessed by application of selenite and nano-selenium.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Diurnal and Seasonal Variations of Photosynthetic Energy Conversion Efficiency of Field Grown Wheat.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Improving photosynthesis through multidisciplinary efforts: The next frontier of photosynthesis research.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
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- Perspectives on improving light distribution and light use efficiency in crop canopies.Plant physiology · 2021Article
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- Photosynthesis in a Changing Global Climate: Scaling Up and Scaling Down in Crops.Frontiers in plant science · 2020Review
- Biotechnological strategies for improved photosynthesis in a future of elevated atmospheric COPlanta · 2019Review
- Resorcinol-formaldehyde resins as metal-free semiconductor photocatalysts for solar-to-hydrogen peroxide energy conversion.Nature materials · 2019Article
- Up-regulation of lipid biosynthesis increases the oil content in leaves of Sorghum bicolor.Plant biotechnology journal · 2019Article
- Improving Potato Stress Tolerance and Tuber Yield Under a Climate Change Scenario - A Current Overview.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Review
- It's Hard to Avoid Avoidance: Uncoupling the Evolutionary Connection between Plant Growth, Productivity and Stress "Tolerance".International journal of molecular sciences · 2018Review
- Photosystem I-LHCII megacomplexes respond to high light and aging in plants.Photosynthesis research · 2018Article
- Chlorophyll Can Be Reduced in Crop Canopies with Little Penalty to Photosynthesis.Plant physiology · 2018Article
- Variable Mesophyll Conductance among Soybean Cultivars Sets a Tradeoff between Photosynthesis and Water-Use-Efficiency.Plant physiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
The conversion efficiency (ε(c)) of absorbed radiation into biomass (MJ of dry matter per MJ of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation) is a component of yield potential that has been estimated at less than half the theoretical maximum. Various strategies have been proposed to improve ε(c), but a statistical analysis to establish baseline ε(c) levels across different crop functional types is lacking. Data from 164 published ε(c) studies conducted in relatively unstressed growth conditions were used to determine the means, greatest contributors to variation, and genetic trends in ε(c )across important food and biofuel crop species. ε(c) was greatest in biofuel crops (0.049-0.066), followed by C4 food crops (0.046-0.049), C3 nonlegumes (0.036-0.041), and finally C3 legumes (0.028-0.035). Despite confining our analysis to relatively unstressed growth conditions, total incident solar radiation and average growing season temperature most often accounted for the largest portion of ε(c) variability. Genetic improvements in ε(c), when present, were less than 0.7% per year, revealing the unrealized potential of improving ε(c) as a promising contributing strategy to meet projected future agricultural demand.
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