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Photosynthesis research under climate change

Journal

PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH
Volume 150, Issue 1-3, Pages 5-19

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-021-00861-z

Keywords

Photosynthesis; Strategies; Rubisco; Photosystem; Assimilates

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Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [31871570]
  2. Sichuan Innovation Team Project of National Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System [SCCXTD-2020-20, VEGA-1-0589-19, APVV-18-0465]
  3. Ministry (CIC-MCP)
  4. Science and Technology Department of Zhejiang Province

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Increasing global population and climate change uncertainties have led to a need for improved photosynthetic efficiency and crop productivity. Genetic manipulation and reducing carbon or energy losses are potential strategies, but further efforts are needed to target key photosynthetic limitations and environmental factors.
Increasing global population and climate change uncertainties have compelled increased photosynthetic efficiency and yields to ensure food security over the coming decades. Potentially, genetic manipulation and minimization of carbon or energy losses can be ideal to boost photosynthetic efficiency or crop productivity. Despite significant efforts, limited success has been achieved. There is a need for thorough improvement in key photosynthetic limiting factors, such as stomatal conductance, mesophyll conductance, biochemical capacity combined with Rubisco, the Calvin-Benson cycle, thylakoid membrane electron transport, nonphotochemical quenching, and carbon metabolism or fixation pathways. In addition, the mechanistic basis for the enhancement in photosynthetic adaptation to environmental variables such as light intensity, temperature and elevated CO2 requires further investigation. This review sheds light on strategies to improve plant photosynthesis by targeting these intrinsic photosynthetic limitations and external environmental factors.

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