Bundle-sheath leakiness in C-4 photosynthesis: a careful balancing act between CO2 concentration and assimilation

Kromdijk, Johannes; Ubierna Lopez, Nerea; Cousins, Asaph B; Griffiths, Howard

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Bundle-sheath leakiness in C-4 photosynthesis: a careful balancing act between CO2 concentration and assimilation

Date

2014

Authors

Kromdijk, Johannes

Ubierna Lopez, Nerea

Cousins, Asaph B

Griffiths, Howard

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

Crop species with the C4 photosynthetic pathway are generally characterized by high productivity, especially in environmental conditions favouring photorespiration. In comparison with the ancestral C3 pathway, the biochemical and anatomical modifications