Trade-offs between photosynthetic capacity, mesophyll conductance stability and leaf anatomy shape heat and water deficit resilience in Gossypium.
Demi Sargent, Warren C. Conaty, Kelly Chapman, Garima Dubey, Laurel George, Sue Lindsay, Richard Wuhrer, Susanne von Caemmerer, John R. Evans, Robert Edward Sharwood
The paper examines how photosynthetic capacity, mesophyll conductance stability, and leaf anatomy affect heat and water deficit resilience in cotton species.
bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2026 · PreprintPlant Biology