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Agriculture and the new challenges for photosynthesis research
Author(s) -
Murchie E. H.,
Pinto M.,
Horton P.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02705.x
Subject(s) - photosynthesis , agriculture , c4 photosynthesis , environmental science , biology , botany , ecology
ContentsSummary 532 I. Introduction 533 II. World demand and future food production 533 III. Photosynthesis from an agricultural perspective 533 IV. Routes to improving the mechanism of photosynthesis 535 V. Photosynthesis in the field: potential and actual rates 537 VI. Optimization of photosynthesis as a highly dynamic responsive process 539 VII. Principles governing dynamic responses of photosynthesis to the environment 539 VIII. The chloroplast as sensor and integrator – photoacclimation of photosynthesis 544 IX. Concluding remarks: crops for future climates 546References 548