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Review: Strategies to improve photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is the process by which plants assimilate carbon by using light energy. However, with the solar energy conversion efficiency of many crop plants less than 1%, it is inefficient. Therefore, there is interest in manipulating photosynthesis for increased efficiency. Here, Croce et al. identifying…

Review: Chloroplast ion homeostasis

Healthy plants require access to several mineral nutrients, which are usually taken up in ionic form. The details of nutrient uptake, distribution, and function have been painstakingly revealed over several decades. In this excellent new Tansley Review, Kunz et al. provide an overview of ion homeostasis…

The enzyme that makes many algae brown

Cao and Bai et al. reveal a conserved enzyme that makes many algae appear brown as opposed to green typical of land plants. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad116 Graham Peers1, Martin Lohr2, Xiaobo Li3,4 1 Department of Biology, Colorado State University; Fort Collins, USA. 2 Institut für…