A surprisingly simple trick is helping scientists make succulent leaves shine brighter than ever, giving these favorite houseplants a new glow. Reading time 2 minutes Glowing plants are pleasant to ...

Abstract: Vegetation solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) is linked to photosynthetic activities and has shown great potential for studying the global carbon cycle. As the most widely used ...

Different groups of plants differ in the way they introduce CO 2 into photosynthesis. We can group these into C3, C4 and CAM plants. All of these plants, however, require the enzymeRuBisCO for ...

The RuBisCO enzyme, the most abundant protein on the planet, is an essential component of photosynthesis, but it isn’t terribly efficient, especially when it gets hot. Over time, some plants evolved a ...

Nailing down our estimates of GPP with reliable global-scale observations is a critical step in improving our predictions of future CO2 in the atmosphere, and the consequences for global climate. - ...

Delving into the nuances of plant nutrition, researchers have discovered that the form of nitrogen intake profoundly affects the efficiency of photosynthesis in plants. This pivotal finding sheds ...

Mesophyll conductance, or the ease with which CO 2 can diffuse through a leaf’s cells before reaching the location where it undergoes carbon fixation, plays a key role in photosynthesis. CO 2 faces ...

Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia. In studies devoted to the effect of salinization on the ultrastructure of cell components, the ...

Researchers have studied the effects of elevated O3 on five C3 crops (chickpea, rice, snap bean, soybean, wheat) and four C4 crops (sorghum, maize, Miscanthus × giganteus, switchgrass). Their findings ...

Abstract: In this paper, we present a minimally invasive sensor for the assessment of plant health, based on functionalized inter-digitated electrodes decorated with microneedles. The shaft length of ...

Photomorphogenesis is a pivotal stage in early seedling growth that begins when the shoot first emerges from the soil and is exposed to light. Here, we investigated the role of post-transcriptional ...

Osaka, Japan – Plants have an impressive ability to regenerate damaged tissues, but how they do it is not fully understood. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered the mechanisms involved in this ...