Doubling of the carbon dioxide concentration will cause global plant photosynthesis to increase by about one third, according to a new paper. The study has relevance for the health of the biosphere ...

The energy that plants capture from sunlight through photosynthesis provides the source of nearly all of humanity's food. Yet ...

Photosynthesis in plants and a few bacteria is responsible for feeding nearly all life on Earth. It allows energy from the Sun to be converted into a storable form, usually glucose, which plants use ...

Plants are not as productive as they could be, and in a bid to help boost global food production, a team of scientists with backing from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others are hacking ...

Mitochondrial contribution to photosynthetic metabolism during the transition from low light (25—100 μmol quanta m-2 s-1, limiting photosynthesis) to high light (500 μmol quanta m-2 s-1, saturating ...

We depend on plants for much of our food, clothing and shelter. Plants depend on the material in the soil and earth below, water, air and sunshine for their growth. Sunlight is thus an essential raw ...

Increasing photosynthesis has been identified as a primary target to achieve yield improvements. To increase leaf photosynthesis in wheat, the level of the Calvin-Benson cycle enzyme ...