Terrestrial photosynthesis in a changing environment : a molecular, physiological, and ecological approach /

Terrestrial photosynthesis in a changing environment : a molecular, physiological, and ecological approach / edited by Jaume Flexas, Francesco Loreto, Hipólito Medrano.

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"Understanding how photosynthesis responds to the environment is crucial for improving plant production and maintaining biodiversity in the context of global change. Covering all aspects of photosynthesis, from basic concepts to methodologies, from the organelle to whole ecosystem levels, this...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Other Authors: Flexas, Jaume, Loreto, Francesco, Medrano, Hipólito
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Ecophysiology.
Photosynthesis > Environmental aspects.
Space biology.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Terrestrial photosynthesis in a changing environment / Flexas, Loreto and Medrano
  • Part I. Photosynthesis: The Process:; 2. Biochemistry and photochemistry of terrestrial photosynthesis: a synopsis / Sharkey, Ducruet and Parry; 3. Photosynthetic regulation / Foyer ad Harbinson; 4. Interactions between photosynthesis and day respiration / Tcherkez and Ribas-Carbó; 5. The ecophysiology and global biology of C₄ photosynthesis / Monson and Collatz; 6. Ecophysiology of CAM photosynthesis / Lüttge; 7. Special photosynthetic adaptations / García-Plazaola and Flexas; 8. Models of photosynthesis/ Diaz-Espejo, Beracchi, Collatz ad Sharkey
  • Part II. Measuring Photosynthesis: 9. Gas exchange analysis: basics and problems / Bernacchi, Diaz-Espejo ad Flexas; 10. Optical methods for investigation of leaf photosynthesis / Ducruet, Baron, Delucia, Morales and Sharkey; 11. Stable isotopic compositions related to photosynthesis, photorespiration and respiration / Brugnoli, Loreto and Ribas-Carbó; 12. Mesophyll conductance to CO₂ / Flexas, Brugnoli and Warren; 13. Biochemical and molecular techniques for the study of photosynthetic processes / Parry, Andralojc, Foyer, Galmés and Sharkey; 14. Measuring CO₂ exchange at canopy scale: the eddy covariance technique / Matteucci and Manca; 15. Remote sensing of photosynthesis / Moya and Flexas
  • Part III. Photosynthesis Response to Single Environmental Factors: 16. Photosynthetic responses to radiation / Valladares, García-Plazaola, Morales and Niinemets; 17. Photosynthetic responses to increased CO₂ and air pollutants / Calfapietra, Bernacchi, Centritto and Sharkey; 18. Response of photosynthesis to low temperature / Ensminger, Berninger and Streb; 19. Photosynthetic responses to high temperature / Sharkey and Bernacchi; 20. Photosynthesis under water deficits, flooding and salinity / Chaves, Flexas, Gulías, Loreto and Medrano; 21. Photosynthetic responses to nutrient deprivation and toxicities / Morales and Warren; 22. Photosynthesis responses to biotic stress / Barón, Flexas and Delucia
  • Part IV. Photosynthesis in Time: 23. Photosynthesis during leaf development and ageing / Niinemets, García-Plazaola and Tosens; 24. dtEvolution of photosynthesis I: basic leaf morphological traits and diffusion and photosynthetic structures / Flexas and Keeley; 25. Evolution of photosynthesis II: evolution and expansion of CAM and C₄ photosynthetic types / Keeley, Monson and Rundel
  • Part V. Photosynthesis in Space: 26. Whole plant photosynthesis: potentials, limitations and physiological and structural controls / Niinemets; 27. Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in the tropics / Cheeseman and Montgomery; 28. Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in desert ecosystems / Gibson and Rundel; 29. Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in semi-arid environments / Galmés, Flexas, Medrano, Niinemets and Valladares; 30. Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in temperate forests / Warren, García-Plazaola and Niinemets; 31. Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in boreal, arctic and alpine ecosystems / Berninger, Streb and Ensminger; 32. Crop photosynthesis / Earl, Bernacchi and Medrano
  • Part VI. Photosynthesis in a Global Context: 33. Photosynthetic water use efficiency / Medrano, Gulías, Chaves, Galmés and Flexas;; 34. Global change and photosynthesis / Bernacchi, Calfapietra, Centritto and Valladares.
  • 6.5.1. Submerged aquatic sites
  • 6.5.2. Temperate environments
  • 6.5.3. Deserts
  • 6.5.4. Salinas
  • 6.5.5. Restingas
  • 6.5.6. Savannas and cerrados
  • 6.5.7. Forests
  • 6.5.8. Inselbergs
  • 6.5.9. Páramos
  • 6.6. CONCLUSIONS: PRODUCTIVITY, PLASTICITY AND NICHE OCCUPATION
  • 7: Special photosynthetic adaptations
  • 7.1. INTRODUCTION
  • 7.2. NON-FOLIAR PHOTOSYNTHESIS
  • 7.2.1. Structural organs
  • STEM PHOTOSYNTHESIS
  • BARK PHOTOSYNTHESIS
  • WOOD AND ROOT PHOTOSYNTHESIS
  • 7.2.2. Reproductive organs
  • PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN FLOWERS
  • FRUIT PHOTOSYNTHESIS
  • PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN SEEDS
  • 7.3. PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN NON-GREEN TISUES
  • 7.3.1. Masked chlorophyll: anthocyanin-containing and waxy leaves
  • RED PIGMENTS
  • GLAUCOUS AND PUBESCENT LEAVES
  • VARIEGATED LEAVES
  • 7.4. PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN HOLO- AND HEMIPARASITIC PLANTS
  • 7.5. PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN STOMATAL CELLS
  • 7.6. SPECIAL CO2-ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
  • 7.7. SUMMARY: ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANS
  • 8: Models of photosynthesis
  • 8.1. INTRODUCTION: WHY USE PHOTOSYNTHESIS MODELS-- 8.2. PHOTOSYNTHESIS MODELS: ONE MODEL FOR EACH APPLICATION-- 8.3. C3-PHOTOSYNTHESIS MODEL (FARQUHAR ET AL.)
  • 8.4. MESOPHYLL CONDUCTANCE: THE LAST KEY VARIABLE IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS MODELS
  • 8.5. MODEL PARAMETERISATION
  • 8.5.1. Kc, Ko and Γ*
  • 8.5.2. Vc, max, Jmax, triose-phosphate utilisation and Rd
  • 8.5.3. Effect of temperature on photosynthetic parameters
  • 8.6. C 4-PHOTOSYNTHESIS MODEL
  • 8.6.1. Overview of C4 models
  • 8.6.2 Rubisco activity in the bundle sheath
  • 8.6.3 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity in the mesophyll
  • 8.6.4 Temperature responses
  • 8.6.5 Parameterisation of models
  • 8.7. COUPLING PHOTOSYNTHESIS MODELS TO STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE MODELS
  • 8.7.1. Jarvis approach
  • 8.7.2. Ball-Woodrow-Berry and Leuning approaches.
  • 8.7.3. Hydromechanical model of stomatal conductance
  • 8.8. ASSESSMENT OF LIMITATIONS TO PHOTOSYNTHESIS
  • 8.9. CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • Part II: Measuring photosynthesis
  • 9: Gas-exchange analysis: basics and problems
  • 9.1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF GAS-EXCHANGE SYSTEMS AND THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
  • 9.2. GAS-EXCHANGE SYSTEMS
  • 9.2.1. Closed, open and semi-closed gas-exchange systems
  • 9.2.2. Basics of infrared gas analysis
  • 9.3. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INFRARED GAS-ANALYSER MEASUREMENTS AND GAS EXCHANGE
  • 9.4. TECHNIQUES FOR GAS-EXCHANGE MEASUREMENTS
  • 9.4.1. Calibration and system set-up
  • 9.4.2. In-situ photosynthesis measurements
  • 9.4.3. Photosynthetic light response curves
  • 9.4.4. Photosynthetic CO2 response curves (AN/Ci)
  • 9.4.5. Photosynthetic CO2 compensation point (Γ*), dark and light respiration
  • 9.4.6. Non-steady state measurements
  • 9.5. COMMON PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN GAS-EXCHANGE MEASUREMENTS
  • 9.5.1. Problems related to calibration and leaf-temperature determinations
  • 9.5.2. Leaf-cuvette design-associated problems
  • LEAF-CUVETTE LEAKAGE
  • EDGE EFFECTS AND LATERAL FLUXES THROUGH LEAVES
  • PRESSURE-RELATED EFFECTS
  • 9.5.3. Problems associated with leaf physiology
  • 9.5.4. Oxygen measurement systems
  • 9.6. SUMMARY
  • 10: Optical methods for investigation of leaf photosynthesis
  • 10.1. OPTICAL METHODS
  • 10.2. ABSORPTION AND REFLECTION OF LEAVES
  • 10.2.1. Leaf optics
  • 10.2.2. Absorption of P700 (820 nm): redox kinetics of the photosystem I centre
  • 10.2.3. Green-light absorption methods.
  • 10.2.4. Photosynthetic reflectance indexes
  • 10.2.5. NADPH/NADP: near-ultraviolet absorption and blue fluorescence
  • 10.2.6. Photoacoustic spectroscopy
  • 10.3. CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE
  • 10.3.1. Fluorescence excitation and emission spectra
  • 10.3.2. Lifetime and quantum yield.

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