Increasing Leaf Vein Density via Mutagenesis in Rice Results in an Enhanced Rate of Photosynthesis, Smaller Cell Sizes and Can Reduce Interveinal Mesophyll Cell Number

Increasing Leaf Vein Density via Mutagenesis in Rice Results in an Enhanced Rate of Photosynthesis, Smaller Cell Sizes and Can Reduce Interveinal Mesophyll Cell Number

Improvements to leaf photosynthetic rates of crops can be achieved by targeted manipulation of individual component processes, such as the activity and properties of RuBisCO or photoprotection. This study shows that simple forward genetic screens of mutant populations can also be used to rapidly gen...

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Main Authors: Aryo B. Feldman, Hei Leung, Marietta Baraoidan, Abigail Elmido-Mabilangan, Irma Canicosa, William P. Quick, John Sheehy, Erik H. Murchie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
photosynthesis
leaf anatomy
venation
mutation breeding
rice
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01883/full

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