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Photosynthesis in Action

Harvesting Light, Generating Electrons, Fixing Carbon

  • 1st Edition - January 12, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Alexander Ruban, Christine Foyer, Erik Murchie
  • Language: English

Photosynthesis in Action examines the molecular mechanisms, adaptations and improvements of photosynthesis. With a strong focus on the latest research and advances, the book also… Read more

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Description

Photosynthesis in Action examines the molecular mechanisms, adaptations and improvements of photosynthesis. With a strong focus on the latest research and advances, the book also analyzes the impact the process has on the biosphere and the effect of global climate change. Fundamental topics such as harvesting light, the transport of electronics and fixing carbon are discussed. The book also reviews the latest research on how abiotic stresses affect these key processes as well as how to improve each of them. This title explains how the process is flexible in adaptations and how it can be engineered to be made more effective.

End users will be able to see the significance and potential of the processes of photosynthesis. Edited by renowned experts with leading contributors, this is an essential read for students and researchers interested in photosynthesis, plant science, plant physiology and climate change.

Key features

  • Provides essential information on the complex sequence of photosynthetic energy transduction and carbon fixation
  • Covers fundamental concepts and the latest advances in research, as well as real-world case studies
  • Offers the mechanisms of the main steps of photosynthesis together with how to make improvements in these steps
  • Edited by renowned experts in the field
  • Presents a user-friendly layout, with templated elements throughout to highlight key learnings in each chapter

Readership

Researchers and students interested in photosynthesis, plant science and climate change

Table of contents

Section I: Principles

1. Harvesting light
HERBERT VAN AMERONGEN AND EMILIE WIENTJES

2. Transport of electrons
ANJA KRIEGER-LISZKAY AND DIANA KIRILOVSKY

3. Carbon fixation
TRACY LAWSON, ROBYN EMMERSON, MARTIN BATTLE, JACOB PULLIN, SHELLIE WALL, AND TANJA A. HOFMANN

Section II: Adaptations

4. Abiotic stress and adaptation in light harvesting
JUN MINAGAWA

5. Abiotic stress and adaptation of electron transport: Regulation of the production and processing of ROS signals in chloroplasts
CHRISTINE H. FOYER AND GUY HANKE

6. Abiotic stress, acclimation, and adaptation in carbon fixation processes
ERIK H. MURCHIE, LORNA MCAUSLAND, AND ALEXANDRA J. BURGESS

Section III: Action

7. Improving light harvesting
ZENO GUARDINI, RODRIGO L. GOMEZ, AND LUCA DALL’OSTO

8. Improving the transport of electrons
CONRAD W. MULLINEAUX

9. Improving carbon fixation
CHRISTINE A. RAINES, AMANDA P. CAVANAGH, AND ANDREW J. SIMKIN

Section IV: Synthesis

10. Integrating the stages of photosynthesis
JEREMY HARBINSON, ELIAS KAISER, AND ALEJANDRO SIERRA MORALES

11. Photosynthesis in action: The global view
EMANUEL GLOOR, ROEL BRIENEN, AND DAVID GALBRAITH

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 19, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Alexander Ruban

Dr Alexander Ruban is a Professor in Biophysics at the Queen Mary University of London, UK. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of light energy utilisation and management in the photosynthetic membrane. The major goal of his lab is to understand how biological matter is designed to conduct a variety of intimate physical processes accompanying photosynthetic energy conversion and how structural properties of the photosynthetic light harvesting proteins govern flexibility and efficiency of photosynthesis. Recent advances of Professor Ruban's research include a discovery of the photoprotective molecular switch in the photosystem 2 antenna and establishment of the great plasticity in the light harvesting antenna design of higher plants. He has an impressive research and publication record and his expertise in plant physiology, biophysics and biochemistry make him uniquely suited to act as lead editor on this foundational, comprehensive title.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor in Biophysics, Queen Mary University of London, UK

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Christine Foyer

Dr Christine Foyer is a Professor of Plant Science at the University of Leeds, UK. With over 400 published papers and 30,000 citations, Dr Foyer’s research is widely renowned within plant science. She is President Elect of the Association of Applied Biologists, the General Secretary of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biologists, an elected Board Member of the American Society of Plant Biologists and a Member of the French Academy of Agriculture. She will soon take up the role of Editor in Chief of Food and Energy Security. She is also a senior Editor for Plant, Cell and Environment and an Associate Editor for the Biochemical Journal, The Journal of Experimental Biology and Physiologia Plantarum. The Foyer lab uses multidisciplinary approaches incorporating -omics technologies, molecular and biochemical techniques and whole plant physiology. Her expertise in the latest technology will bridge the gap between research and practice for students and advanced researchers.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Plant Science, University of Leeds, UK

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Erik Murchie

Erik Murchie developed a strong interest in biology and plants from an early age with family backgrounds including forestry. He graduated from the University of Exeter in 1990 and then gained a PhD in plant ecophysiology (1995) at the University of Sheffield, UK, focused on adaptation of photosynthesis light in natural systems. A deliberate move into crop metabolism led to postdoctoral work at INRA Versailles (France), the University of Sheffield and the International Rice Research Institute (The Philippines). Whilst a postdoc Erik developed ideas into acclimation of photosynthesis to high light in rice and wheat canopies that were born from his work as a PhD student and relevant to enhancement of resource use efficiency. From 2007- 2018 Erik worked as a lecturer and Associate Professor in Crop Science at the University of Nottingham (UK) where his group has worked with diverse systems including LED-based horticulture, and developing the area of 3D analysis of light distribution and photosynthesis in canopies. Since 2019 Erik has held a Chair in Applied Plant Physiology at Nottingham, studying natural genetic variation in photosynthesis in crop and wild species, water use efficiency and developing new tools for studying photosynthesis in the field.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Plant Physiology, University of Nottingham, UK

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