Background Publications
Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand
Donald R. Ort, Sabeeha S. Merchant, Jean Alric, Alice Barkan, Robert E. Blankenship, Ralph Bock, Roberta Croce, Maureen R. Hanson, Julian M. Hibberd, Stephen P. Long, Thomas A. Moore, James Moroney, Krishna K. Niyogi
PNAS
Multigene manipulation of photosynthetic carbon assimilation increases CO2 fixation and biomass yield in tobacco
Andrew J. Simkin, Lorna McAusland, Lauren R. Headland, Tracy Lawson and Christine A. Raines
Journal of Experimental Botany
Characterisation of cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporters in E. coli shows that SbtA homologs are functional in this heterologous expression system
G. Dean Price and Susan M. Howitt
Nature
A faster Rubisco with potential to increase photosynthesis in crops
Myat T. Lin, Alessandro Occhialini, P. John Andralojc, Martin A. J. Parry & Maureen R. Hanson
Nature
The cyanobacterial CCM as a source of genes for improving photosynthetic CO2 fixation in crop species
Price, G. Dean; Pengelly, Jasper J. L.; Forster, Britta; Du, Jiahui; Whitney, Spencer M.; von Caemmerer, Susanne; Badger, Murray R.; Howitt, Susan M.; Evans, John R.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Rubisco activity and regulation as targets for crop improvement
Parry, Martin A. J.; Andralojc, P. John; Scales, Joanna C.; Salvucci, Michael E.; Carmo-Silva, A. Elizabete; Alonso, Hernan; Whitney, Spencer M.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Elements of a dynamic systems model of canopy photosynthesis
Zhu, Xin-Guang; Song, Qingfeng; Ort, Donald R.
Current Opinion in Plant Biology
A critical review on the improvement of photosynthetic carbon assimilation in C-3 plants using genetic engineering
Ruan, Cheng-Jiang; Shao, Hong-Bo; da Silva, Jaime A. Teixeira
Critical Reviews in Biotechnology
Increasing Photosynthetic Carbon Assimilation in C-3 Plants to Improve Crop Yield: Current and Future Strategies
Raines, Christine A.
Plant Physiology
Manipulation of Photoprotection to Improve Plant Photosynthesis
Murchie, Erik H.; Niyogi, Krishna K.
Plant Physiology
Food security: increasing yield and improving resource use efficiency
Parry, Martin A. J.; Hawkesford, Malcolm J.
Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency for Greater Yield
Zhu, Xin-Guang; Long, Stephen P.; Ort, Donald R.
Annual Review Of Plant Biology
Prospects for increasing photosynthesis by overcoming the limitations of Rubisco
Parry, M. A. J.; Madgwick, P. J.; Carvalho, J. F. C.; Andralojc, P. J.
Journal of Agricultural Science
Proposed carbon dioxide concentrating mechanism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Moroney, James V.; Ynalvez, Ruby A.
Eukaryotic Cell
Optimizing the distribution of resources between enzymes of carbon metabolism can dramatically increase photosynthetic rate: A numerical simulation using an evolutionary algorithm
Zhu, Xin-Guang; de Sturler, Eric; Long, Stephen P.
Plant Physiology
The environmental plasticity and ecological genomics of the cyanobacterial CO2 concentrating mechanism
Badger, MR; Price, GD; Long, BM; Woodger, FJ
Journal of Experimental Botany
Can improvement in photosynthesis increase crop yields?
Long, SP; Zhu, XG; Naidu, SL; Ort, DR
Plant Cell and Environment
Increased sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase activity in transgenic tobacco plants stimulates photosynthesis and growth from an early stage in development
Lefebvre, S; Lawson, T; Zakhleniuk, OV; Lloyd, JC; Raines, CA
Plant Physiology
Is PsbS the site of non-photochemical quenching in photosynthesis?
Niyogi, KK; Li, XP; Rosenberg, V; Jung, HS
Journal of Experimental Botany
Crop transformation and the challenge to increase yield potential
Sinclair, TR; Purcell, LC; Sneller, CH
Trends in Plant Science
Enhanced photosynthesis and growth of transgenic plants that express ictB, a gene involved in HCO3- accumulation in cyanobacteria
Lieman-Hurwitz, J; Rachmilevitch, S; Mittler, R; Marcus, Y; Kaplan, A
Plant Biotechnology Journal
Manipulation of Rubisco: the amount, activity, function and regulation
Parry, MAJ; Andralojc, PJ; Mitchell, RAC; Madgwick, PJ; Keys, AJ
Journal of Experimental Botany
CO2 concentrating mechanisms in cyanobacteria: molecular components, their diversity and evolution
Badger, MR; Price, GD
Journal of Experimental Botany
Evolution and diversity of CO2 concentrating mechanisms in cyanobacteria
Badger, MR; Hanson, D; Price, GD
Functional Plant Biology
Form I Rubiscos from non-green algae are expressed abundantly but not assembled in tobacco chloroplasts
Whitney, SM; Baldett, P; Hudson, GS; Andrews, TJ
Plant Journal
Non-photochemical quenching. A response to excess light energy
Muller, P; Li, XP; Niyogi, KK
Plant Physiology
Avenues for genetic modification of radiation use efficiency in wheat
Reynolds, MP; van Ginkel, M; Ribaut, JM
Journal of Experimental Botany
Investigating the role of the thiol-regulated enzyme sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase in the control of photosynthesis
Raines, CA; Harrison, EP; Olcer, H; Lloyd, JC
Physiologia Plantarum