Photosynthesis and photosynthetic efficiencies along the terrestrial plant's phylogeny: lessons for improving crop photosynthesis.
evolution
mesophyll conductance
photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency
phylogenetic groups
water use efficiency
Journal
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology
ISSN: 1365-313X
Titre abrégé: Plant J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9207397
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
02 2020
02 2020
Historique:
received:
22
07
2019
revised:
12
11
2019
accepted:
03
12
2019
pubmed:
14
12
2019
medline:
29
12
2020
entrez:
14
12
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Photosynthesis is the basis of all life on Earth. Surprisingly, until very recently, data on photosynthesis, photosynthetic efficiencies, and photosynthesis limitations in terrestrial land plants other than spermatophytes were very scarce. Here we provide an updated data compilation showing that maximum photosynthesis rates (expressed either on an area or dry mass basis) progressively scale along the land plant's phylogeny, from lowest values in bryophytes to largest in angiosperms. Unexpectedly, both photosynthetic water (WUE) and nitrogen (PNUE) use efficiencies also scale positively through the phylogeny, for which it has been commonly reported that these two efficiencies tend to trade-off between them when comparing different genotypes or a single species subject to different environmental conditions. After providing experimental evidence that these observed trends are mostly due to an increased mesophyll conductance to CO
Substances chimiques
Water
059QF0KO0R
Nitrogen
N762921K75
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Langues
eng
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IM
Pagination
964-978Informations de copyright
© 2019 The Authors The Plant Journal © 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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