Plants do something really interesting when it goes from cloudy to sunny suddenly: they slowly ramp up their photosynthesis rate. But, some plants ramp up photosynthesis faster than others! What if we could identify those plants and breed them to make more efficient crops? Learn how the main concepts of photosynthesis - the Light Reactions and Calvin Cycle - relate to this cool recent research!
The study discussed in this video is:
L. G. Acevedo‐Siaca, et al., Variation in photosynthetic induction between rice accessions and its potential for improving productivity. New Phytologist 227, 1097-1108 (2020). doi.org/10.1111/nph.16454
Image Credits
Rice paddy, greenhouse & CO2 device photos by Liana Acevedo-Siaca, with permission
Photo of Liana Acevedo-Siaca by International Rice Research Institute - CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
LED lamp photo by Sektori - CC BY-SA 3.0
Chloroplasts photo by Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata - CC BY-SA 4.0
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