![A diagram showing three levels of ePhotosynthesis from metabolic kinetics, to leaf-level to canopy microclimate and growth and the importance of modeling each factor in these three steps.](/sites/ripe.illinois.edu/files/styles/news_teaser_square_img_175_175_/public/2024-07/MetabolicKinetics_UpdatedImage_web_0.png?itok=WDhjZgCW)
Connecting detailed photosynthetic kinetics to crop growth and yield: a coupled modelling framework
Yufeng He, Yu Wang, Douglas Friedel, Meagan Lang, Megan Matthews
in silico Plants
DOI: 10.1093/insilicoplants/diae009
![A zoomed in picture of a green stalk of rice.](/sites/ripe.illinois.edu/files/styles/news_teaser_square_img_175_175_/public/2024-06/PatelTupper.etal_.ScienceAdvances_June724_1_web_1.jpg?itok=OcqJASnO)
Multiplexed CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis of rice PSBS1 non-coding sequences for transgene-free overexpression
Dhruc Patel-Tupper, Armen Kelikian, Anna Leipertz, Nina Maryn, Michelle Tjahjadi, Nicholad G. Karavolias, Myeong-Je Cho, Kris Niyogi
Science Advances
10.1126/sciadv.adm7452
![The predicted molecular structure of the mutant form of BCT1 the researchers evolved for function in plants. Each color represents a subunit of the four-component pumping system. The mutant form has fused the blue-colored subunits and enabled the pump to work without the need to switch it 'on’. Figure generated by Loraine Rourke, ANU.](/sites/ripe.illinois.edu/files/styles/news_teaser_square_img_175_175_/public/2024-07/BCT1%20press%20release_Images_web.jpg?itok=C26c50Fd)
Engineering the cyanobacterial ATP-driven BCT1 bicarbonate transporter for functional targeting to C3 plant chloroplasts
Sarah Rottet, Loraine Rourke, Isaiah Pabuayon, Su Yin Phua, Suyan Yee, Hiruni Weerasooriya, Xiaozhuo Wang, Himanshu Mehra, Nghiem Nguyen, Benedict Long, James Moroney, Dean Price
Journal of Experimental Botany
10.1093/jxb/erae234
![A man and a woman smile at the camera while standing among rows of young, green plants.](/sites/ripe.illinois.edu/files/styles/news_teaser_square_img_175_175_/public/2024-04/SPL%20and%20CES%20in%20tobacco%20field_web.jpg?itok=XR3ZEWZa)
Greater mesophyll conductance and leaf photosynthesis in the field through modified cell wall porosity and thickness via AtCGR3 expression in tobacco
Coralie Salesse-Smith, Ed Lochocki, Lynn Doran, Ben Haas, Sam Stutz, Steve Long
Plant Biotechnology Journal
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.14364
![Multiple petri dishes with parts of a green plant in them in a refrigerator.](/sites/ripe.illinois.edu/files/styles/news_teaser_square_img_175_175_/public/2024-06/Tobacco_PetriDishes_Multiple_web_0.jpg?itok=ygwCjhzp)
Carbonic anhydrases in the cell wall and plasma membrane of Arabidopsis thaliana are required for optimal plant growth on low CO2
Hiruni Weerasooriya, David Longstreth, Robert DiMario, Viviana Rosati, Brittany Cassel, Jim Moroney
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
DOI:c10.3389/fmolb.2024.1267046
![A drawing outlining the diffusion of H2) and CO2 inside of a leaf.](/sites/ripe.illinois.edu/files/styles/news_teaser_square_img_175_175_/public/2024-02/pce14815-fig-0002-m_web.jpg?itok=VrcjwTZM)
A guide to photosynthetic gas exchange measurements: Fundamental principles, best practice and potential pitfalls
Florian Busch, Lisa Ainsworth, Anna Amtmann, Amanda Cavanagh, Steven Driever, John Ferguson, Johannes Kromdijk, Tracy Lawson, Andrew Leakey, Jack Matthews, Katherine Meacham-Hensold, Richard Vath, Silvere Vialet-Chabrand, Berkley Walker, Maria Papanatsiou
Plant, Cell & Environment
http://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14815
![Young Cho kneels surrounded by plants in a field trial](/sites/ripe.illinois.edu/files/styles/news_teaser_square_img_175_175_/public/2024-01/Cho-page_web_0.jpg?itok=OJE2UoBa)
Reducing chlorophyll levels in seed-filling stages results in higher seed nitrogen without impacting canopy carbon assimilation
Young B. Cho, Ryan A. Boyd, Yudong Ren, Moon-Sub Lee, Sarah I. Jones, Ursula M. Ruiz-Vera, Justin M. McGrath, Michael D. Masters, Donald R. Ort
Plant, Cell & Environment
10.1111/pce.14737