C4 Photosynthesis and Related CO2 Concentrating Mechanisms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Raghavendra, Agepati S. (Editor), Sage, Rowan F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, 32
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Cell biology.; Plant ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Ecology.

The C4 pathway of photosynthesis was discovered and characterized, more than four decades ago. Interest in C4 pathway has been sustained and has recently been boosted with the discovery of single-cell C4 photosynthesis and the successful introduction of key C4-cycle enzymes in important crops, such...