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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
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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
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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
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Decomposition analysis on soybean productivity increase under elevated CO2 using 3-D canopy model reveals synergestic effects of CO2 and light in photosynthesis
Qingfeng Song, Venkatraman Srinivasan, Steve P Long, Xin-Guang Zhu
Anals of Botany
10.1093/aob/mcz163
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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