Tracy Lawson

TL;DR: A basic overview of the principles of fluorescence analysis is provided and advice on best practice for taking pulse amplitude-modulated measurements is provided to help the researcher make choices in terms of protocols using the equipment and expertise available, especially for field measurements.

TL;DR: Manipulating guard cell transport and metabolism is just as, if not more likely to yield useful benefits as manipulations of their physical and anatomical characteristics, to improve water use efficiency without substantial cost to photosynthetic carbon fixation.

TL;DR: Comparisons across strains demonstrate that E. huxleyi, which has long been considered a single species, harbours extensive genome variability reflected in different metabolic repertoires, and reveals a pan genome (core genes plus genes distributed variably between strains) probably supported by an atypical complement of repetitive sequence in the genome.

TL;DR: It is shown that photosynthetic capacity per unit area and plant yield can be increased by overexpressing a single native plant enzyme, SBPase, and that this gives an advantage to the growth of these plants from an early phase of vegetative growth.

TL;DR: Significant variation in the rapidity of stomatal responses amongst species is suggested, providing a novel target for improving photosynthesis and water use.