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De novo Transcriptome Assembly and Comparison of C3, C3-C4, and C4 Species of Tribe Salsoleae (Chenopodiaceae)

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
C4 photosynthesis is a carbon-concentrating mechanism that evolved independently more than 60 times in a wide range of angiosperm lineages. Among other alterations, the evolution of C4 from ancestral C3 photosynthesis requires changes in the expression ...
Maximilian Lauterbach, Maximilian Lauterbach, Hanno Schmidt, Hanno Schmidt, Kumari Billakurthi, Kumari Billakurthi, Thomas Hankeln, Peter Westhoff, Peter Westhoff, Udo Gowik, Udo Gowik, Gudrun Kadereit, Gudrun Kadereit   +12 more
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Transition From Proto-Kranz-Type Photosynthesis to HCO3– Use Photosynthesis in the Amphibious Plant Hygrophila polysperma

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Hygrophila polysperma is a heterophyllous amphibious plant. The growth of H. polysperma in submerged conditions is challenging due to the low CO2 environment, increased resistance to gas diffusion, and bicarbonate ion (HCO3–) being the dominant dissolved
Genki Horiguchi, Kaori Matsumoto, Kyosuke Nemoto, Mayu Inokuchi, Mayu Inokuchi, Naoki Hirotsu, Naoki Hirotsu   +6 more
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Efficient In Vivo Screening Method for the Identification of C4 Photosynthesis Inhibitors Based on Cell Suspensions of the Single-Cell C4 Plant Bienertia sinuspersici

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
The identification of novel herbicides is of crucial importance to modern agriculture. We developed an efficient in vivo assay based on oxygen evolution measurements using suspensions of chlorenchyma cells isolated from the single-cell C4 plant Bienertia
Alexander Minges, Dominik Janßen, Sascha Offermann, Georg Groth   +3 more
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Macro-Climatic Distribution Limits Show Both Niche Expansion and Niche Specialization among C4 Panicoids. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Grasses are ancestrally tropical understory species whose current dominance in warm open habitats is linked to the evolution of C4 photosynthesis. C4 grasses maintain high rates of photosynthesis in warm and water stressed environments, and the syndrome ...
Lone Aagesen, Fernando Biganzoli, Julia Bena, Ana C Godoy-Bürki, Renata Reinheimer, Fernando O Zuloaga   +5 more
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Deep evolutionary comparison of gene expression identifies parallel recruitment of trans-factors in two independent origins of C4 photosynthesis.

PLoS Genetics, 2014
With at least 60 independent origins spanning monocotyledons and dicotyledons, the C4 photosynthetic pathway represents one of the most remarkable examples of convergent evolution.
Sylvain Aubry, Steven Kelly, Britta M C Kümpers, Richard D Smith-Unna, Julian M Hibberd   +4 more
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Effectiveness of integrated shrub management and restoration techniques for rehabilitating shrub‐encroached rangelands of South Africa

Grassland Research, EarlyView.
Herbaceous plant recovery following shrub clearing and reseeding in the rangelands of Peddie, Eastern Cape of South Africa. CTL, control; CO, cutting only; CR, cutting and reseeding; UPO, uprooting only; UPR, uprooting and reseeding. Abstract Background Shrub encroachment (SE) drives rangeland degradation, threatening biodiversity and forage ...
Monelisi Makanya, Khanyisa Jama, Mthunzi Mndela, Sinalo Malindie   +3 more
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Exploiting the engine of C4 photosynthesis [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Botany, 2011
Ever since the discovery of C(4) photosynthesis in the mid-1960s, plant biologists have envisaged the introduction of the C(4) photosynthetic pathway into C(3) crops such as rice and soybeans. Recent advances in genomics capabilities, and new evolutionary and developmental studies indicate that C(4) engineering will be feasible in the next few decades.
R. F. Sage, X.-G. Zhu
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Comparative transcriptome analysis of emerging young and mature leaves of Bienertia sinuspersici, a single-cell C4 plant [PDF]

PeerJ
Background Efficient carbon capture by plants is crucial to meet the increasing demands for food, fiber, feed, and fuel worldwide. One potential strategy to improve the photosynthetic performance of plants is the conversion of C3-type crops to C4-type ...
Richard M. Sharpe, Seanna Hewitt, Gerald Edwards, Amit Dhingra   +3 more
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Activation of CO2 assimilation during photosynthetic induction is slower in C4 than in C3 photosynthesis in three phylogenetically controlled experiments

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
IntroductionDespite their importance for the global carbon cycle and crop production, species with C4 photosynthesis are still somewhat understudied relative to C3 species.
Lucía Arce Cubas, Richard L. Vath, Emmanuel L. Bernardo, Emmanuel L. Bernardo, Cristina Rodrigues Gabriel Sales, Angela C. Burnett, Johannes Kromdijk   +6 more
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Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
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