SIF Yield Relationship

The inverse relationship between solar-induced fluorescence yield and photosynthetic capacity: benefits for field phenotyping

Peng Fu, Katherine Meacham-Hensold, Matthew H Siebers, Carl J Bernacchi

Journal of Experimental Botany
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa537

Cassava field trials (aerial image)

High sink strength prevents photosynthetic down-regulation in cassava grown at elevated CO2 concentration

Ursula M. Ruiz-Vera, Amanda P. De Souza, Michael R. Ament, Roslyn M. Gleadow, Donald R. Ort

Journal of Experimental Botany
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa459

Microscopy image of plant cells with bundle sheath cells identified.

Insights into the regulation of the expression pattern of Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle enzymes in C3 and C4 grasses

Chidi Afamefule and Christine Raines

Frontiers of Plant Science
10.3389/fpls.2020.570436

Table 1

During photosynthetic induction, biochemical and stomatal limitations differ between Brassica crops

Samuel H. Taylor, Douglas J. Orr, Elizabete Carmo-Silva, and Stephen P. Long

Plant, Cell & Environment
DOI: 10.1111/pce.13862

Cowpea rows

Assessing diversity in canopy architecture, photosynthesis, and water‐use efficiency in a cowpea magic population

Anthony Digrado, Noah G. Mitchell, Christopher M. Montes, Paulina Dirvanskyte, and Elizabeth A. Ainsworth

Food and Energy Security
DOI: 10.1002/fes3.236

Oxford interns and Pignon

Light, Not Age, Underlies the Maladaptation of Maize and Miscanthus Photosynthesis to Self-Shading

Robert F. Collison, Emma C. Raven, Charles P. Pignon, and Steven P. Long

frontiers in Plant Science
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00783

Aerial view of 2016 field trials

Stimulating photosynthetic processes increases productivity and water-use efficiency in the field

Patricia E. López-Calcagno, Kenny L. Brown, Andrew J. Simkin, Stuart J. Fisk, Silvere Vialet-Chabrand, Tracy Lawson, and Christine A. Raines

Nature Plants
DOI: 10.1038/s41477-020-0740-1

Three authors pose next to wheat in the greenhouse.

An isoleucine residue improves Rubisco activase activity at high temperatures by 30%

Gustaf E. Degen, Dawn Worrall, and Elizabete Carmo-Silva

The Plant Journal
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14766

Figure from paper.

Plot-level rapid screening for photosynthetic parameters using proximal hyperspectral imaging

Katherine Meacham-Hensold, Peng Fu, Jin Wu, Shawn Serbin, Christopher M Montes, Elizabeth Ainsworth, Kaiyu Guan, Evan Dracup, Taylor Pederson, Steven Driever, and Carl Bernacchi

Journal of Experimental Botany
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa068

Image shows phenotypic differences in 8 rice varieties.

Variation in photosynthetic induction between rice accessions and its potential for improving productivity

Liana G. Acevedo‐Siaca, Robert Coe, Yu Wang, Johannes Kromdijk, W. Paul Quick, and Stephen P. Long

New Phytologist
DOI: 10.1111/nph.16454

A picture of the model's output.

Photosynthesis in the fleeting shadows: An overlooked opportunity for increasing crop productivity?

Yu Wang, Steven Burgess, Elsa de Becker, Stephen Long

Plant Journal
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14663

Figure 1 from paper.

Estimating photosynthetic traits from reflectance spectra: A synthesis of spectral indices, numerical inversion, and partial least square regression

Peng Fu, Katherine Meacham‐Hensold, Kaiyu Guan, Jin Wu, and Carl Bernacchi

Plant, Cell & Environment
DOI: 10.1111/pce.13718