ReviewJournal of experimental botany2022
A model-guided holistic review of exploiting natural variation of photosynthesis traits in crop improvement.
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- Improved estimation of cucumber leaf photosynthetic acclimation to day-to-day changing photosynthetic photon flux density.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
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- Neglecting acclimation of photosynthesis under drought can cause significant errors in predicting leaf photosynthesis in wheat.Global change biology · 2023Article
- Genetic variation in photosynthesis: many variants make light work.Journal of experimental botany · 2022Article
- Genetics as a key to improving crop photosynthesis.Journal of experimental botany · 2022Article
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Abstract
Breeding for improved leaf photosynthesis is considered as a viable approach to increase crop yield. Whether it should be improved in combination with other traits has not been assessed critically. Based on the quantitative crop model GECROS that interconnects various traits to crop productivity, we review natural variation in relevant traits, from biochemical aspects of leaf photosynthesis to morpho-physiological crop characteristics. While large phenotypic variations (sometimes >2-fold) for leaf photosynthesis and its underlying biochemical parameters were reported, few quantitative trait loci (QTL) were identified, accounting for a small percentage of phenotypic variation. More QTL were reported for sink size (that feeds back on photosynthesis) or morpho-physiological traits (that affect canopy productivity and duration), together explaining a much greater percentage of their phenotypic variation. Traits for both photosynthetic rate and sustaining it during grain filling were strongly related to nitrogen-related traits. Much of the molecular basis of known photosynthesis QTL thus resides in genes controlling photosynthesis indirectly. Simulation using GECROS demonstrated the overwhelming importance of electron transport parameters, compared with the maximum Rubisco activity that largely determines the commonly studied light-saturated photosynthetic rate. Exploiting photosynthetic natural variation might significantly improve crop yield if nitrogen uptake, sink capacity, and other morpho-physiological traits are co-selected synergistically.
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