Upregulation of C4 characteristics does not consistently improve photosynthetic performance in intraspecific hybrids of a grass
M. E. Bianconi, G. Sotelo, E. V. Curran, V. Milenkovic, E. Samaritani, L. T. Dunning, L. T. Bertolino, C. P. Osborne, P.-A. Christin
The paper examines whether upregulating C4 characteristics in grass hybrids improves photosynthetic performance, finding that it depends on coordinated anatomical and biochemical changes.
bioRxiv · Aug 10, 2021Plant Biology