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ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2025

Synthetic crassulacean acid metabolism (SynCAM) for improving water-use efficiency in plants.

Sung Don Lim, Johnathan S Lomas, Monirul Islam, Arely V Pérez-López, Sang Hun Kim, Lisa M Petrusa, Won Cheol Yim, John C Cushman

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Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Crops under stress: can we mitigate the impacts of climate change on agriculture and launch the 'Resilience Revolution'?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sung Don LimApplied Plant Sciences, Sang Ji University, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-5796-1019
Johnathan S LomasBiochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1974-6139
Monirul IslamBiochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1496-2599
Arely V Pérez-LópezBiochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7098-2204
Sang Hun KimApplied Plant Sciences, Sang Ji University, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0009-0007-2184-2644
Lisa M PetrusaBiochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-5836-8480
Won Cheol YimBiochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7489-0435
John C CushmanBiochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5561-1752

Funding

Division of Integrative Organismal SystemsKorea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture and Forestry (IPET)National Research Foundation of Korea
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global climate crisis will continue to increase the frequency and duration of drought episodes in agricultural production areas worldwide. Hot and dry conditions create greater water-deficit stresses on crops, lowering their productivity. While multiple engineering strategies have been developed to improve the efficiency of photosynthesis, greater efforts are needed to improve the drought attenuation and water-use efficiency of crops. Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a naturally occurring elaboration of C

Indexed as

Crassulacean Acid MetabolismCrops, AgriculturalPhotosynthesisWaterClimate ChangeDroughtsWatercarbon fixationcrassulacean acid metabolismphotosynthesissynthetic biologywater-use efficiency

Identifiers

PMID40439297
PMCPMC12121396

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