Donald R. Ort

The paper validates that non-destructive digital measurements of biomass and water use can reliably estimate water-use efficiency in tobacco plants under drought and high-water conditions.

Among 25 low-chlorophyll soybean mutants, a Lincoln mutant raised seed protein without yield loss, while Clark-derived Y11/y11 lowered seed oil alongside reduced pod gross photosynthesis.

This study expresses mitochondrial Chlamydomonas glycolate dehydrogenase in chloroplasts of Chlamydomonas and tobacco, showing it accumulates but does not improve plant performance without additional enzymes in a photorespiratory bypass pathway.

The paper investigates the phylogenetic distribution and regulation of threonine 78 phosphorylation in Rubisco activase across plant species, finding light-dependent dephosphorylation only in Arabidopsis.