Do differences in structure and anatomy impact mesophyll conductance and photosynthesis of rice leaves?
Tag - leaf mass per area
William Salter
Sink-source imbalance and down-regulation of photosynthesis
Sink-source imbalance could cause accumulation of total non-structural carbohydrates (TNC) and down-regulation of photosynthesis. Sugiura et al. investigate how sink-source imbalance causes photosynthetic down...
Alex Assiry
Intraspecific variation in soy across the leaf economics spectrum
Leaf economics traits are central in understanding and predicting the effects of plant biodiversity on ecosystem functioning. Using soybean (Glycine max) – one of the world’s most widespread crops, Hayes et al. show...
Trait coordination and structural variation in Amborella trichopoda
Finding that Amborella trichopoda is sister to the rest of the angiosperms has raised the question of whether it shares certain key functional trait characteristics and plastic responses apparently widespread within the...
AoBPLANTS
Leaf density contributes the major variation of leaf mass per area in rice
Understanding the variation of leaf anatomy and its influence on photosynthesis is very important for yield improvement. Xiong et al. found that leaf mass per area (LMA) varies greatly among rice genotypes, and the...
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Leaf traits and disease tolerance in Dutch elm hybrids
Ophiostoma novo-ulmi, the causative agent of Dutch elm disease (DED), is able to colonize remote areas in infected plants of Ulmus such as the leaf midrib and secondary veins. Ďurkovič et al. compare leaf growth traits...
Photosynthetic thermotolerance and leaf traits
Little is known about photosynthetic thermotolerance (PT) of tropical and sub-tropical wild plants and its association with leaf phenology and persistence. Zhang et al. use the temperature-dependent increase in minimum...
