Photosystem II Subunit S overexpression increases the efficiency of water use in a field-grown crop

Availability of irrigation water will be an increasing barrier to global crop yield increases. Here the authors show transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing Photosystem II Subunit S have less stomatal opening in response to light and a 25% reduction in water loss per CO2 assimilated under replicate...

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Main Authors: Katarzyna Głowacka, Johannes Kromdijk, Katherine Kucera, Jiayang Xie, Amanda P. Cavanagh, Lauriebeth Leonelli, Andrew D. B. Leakey, Donald R. Ort, Krishna K. Niyogi, Stephen P. Long
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/abfd5de63c3e4800a4a2059d0f38c8c9
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