ReviewPlant signaling & behavior2025
Advancements in photosynthetic efficiency: Pathways, regulation, and biotechnological applications for enhancing crop productivity.
Review in Plant signaling & behavior, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Contrasting nitrogen-use strategies and photosynthetic carbon-water trade-offs inFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
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Abstract
Photosynthesis defines the upper limit of crop productivity, yet intrinsic inefficiencies in light capture, carbon fixation, and energy conversion constrain yield potential under variable environmental conditions. This review provides a mechanistic synthesis of recent advances in enhancing photosynthetic efficiency through molecular, biochemical, and biophysical strategies. We highlight key regulatory processes governing RuBisCO activity, ATP synthase function, photosystems, and light-harvesting complexes, together with emerging insights into redox modulation, photorespiration, and post-translational control. Innovations in genome editing, particularly CRISPR/Cas9, synthetic biology, and systems modeling, are accelerating the rational redesign of photosynthetic pathways to improve carbon assimilation and stress resilience. Engineering C₄ and CAM traits into C₃ crops, optimizing canopy light utilization, and modifying photoprotective and photorespiratory pathways demonstrate substantial potential to overcome long-standing biochemical and anatomical constraints. Integration of high-throughput phenotyping, multi-omics analysis, and computational modeling is now enabling predictive frameworks for photosynthetic improvement under fluctuating light, temperature, and water regimes. Coupling these molecular innovations with stress-tolerance traits such as enhanced antioxidant capacity and water-use efficiency offers a viable path toward climate-resilient, high-yield crops. Collectively, these advances illustrate how precise manipulation of photosynthetic processes can drive sustainable gains in agricultural productivity to meet future global food demand.
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