Exploiting the potential of plants with crassulacean acid metabolism for bioenergy production on marginal lands. by Borland, A, Griffiths, H, Hartwell, J, Smith, J

“…Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a photosynthetic adaptation that facilitates the uptake of CO(2) at night and thereby optimizes the water-use efficiency of carbon assimilation in plants growing in arid habitats. …”

The Kalanchoë genome provides insights into convergent evolution and building blocks of crassulacean acid metabolism by Yang, X, Hu, R, Yin, H, Jenkins, J, Shu, S, Tang, H, Liu, D, Weighill, D, Cheol Yim, W, Ha, J, Heyduk, K, Goodstein, D, Guo, H, Moseley, R, Fitzek, E, Jawdy, S, Zhang, Z, Xie, M, Hartwell, J, Grimwood, J, Abraham, P, Mewalal, R, Beltrán, J, Boxall, S, Dever, L, Palla, K, Albion, R, Garcia, T, Mayer, J, Don Lim, S, Man Wai, C, Peluso, P, Van Buren, R, De Paoli, H, Borland, A, Guo, H, Chen, J, Muchero, W, Yin, Y, Jacobson, D, Tschaplinski, T, Hettich, R, Ming, R, Winter, K, Leebens-Mack, J, Smith, J, Cushman, J, Schmutz, J, Tuskan, G

“…Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a water-use efficient adaptation of photosynthesis that has evolved independently many times in diverse lineages of flowering plants. …”