Integrating Plant Traits into Photosynthetic Efficiency Models Paves the Way for Accurate Estimates of Global Vegetation Productivity | Journal of Remote Sensing Recently, Yan et al.’s study revealed that approximately 60% of the global spatiotemporal variance in terrestrial photosynthetic efficiency remains unexplained by climatic drivers alone. Integrating p...

In Journal of Remote Sensing, the article builds on recent work discusses a practical challenge in Earth system science: current productivity models often fail to capture how real plants adjust to environmental stress.
#Photosynthetic efficiency
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Unraveling design principles of protein landscapes in photosynthetic membranes in plant chloroplasts Proteins in photosynthetic membranes are organized by local and global forces, controlled by the mixture of PSII supercomplexes.

Unraveling design principles of #protein landscapes in #photosynthetic #membranes in plant #chloroplasts

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How state transitions balance photosynthetic electron transport in plants – a quantitative study In plants, the process of state transition regulates the allocation of sunlight energy between Photosystem II (PSII) and PSI. However, the implications of state transitions for harmonizing electron .....

How state transitions balance #photosynthetic electron transport in plants – a quantitative study

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“Another late night, huh, Lexi?” Sophia asked, glancing down at me as she tossed the newspaper on top of my displaced books. It lay open to some blurry greenish aerial pictures. I nodded. “Yeah, playing Eco-Sim. I found a new type of alien creature. It was photosynthetic, so I moved it to a sunny spot, and it perked right up.” I swirled another morsel in the golden puddle, brightening as I relived my virtual adventure. “Then it caught a virus, but I didn’t notice since it didn’t look sick. It just acted weird…” I trailed off. “Uh-huh,” Sophia said, as her gaze drifted to the images in the paper, brows furrowed. I sighed, since apparently, I couldn’t even compete with a newspaper. Who even reads those?

Sharing a bit of my #hopepunk novel for today's #WIPSnips, "sun."

Lexi certainly isn't staying up late playing video games as mild escapism, to avoid her current life reality...

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #scifi #sff #hopepunk #solarpunk #videogames #photosynthetic #animals #alien #zoo #alienzoo

Over four months of ethylene production: Unlocking the potential of solid-state photosynthetic cell factories This study demonstrates the feasibility of employing solid-state photosynthetic cell factories (solid-state PCFs) as a proof-of-concept platform for long-term ethylene production using sodium bicarbon...

🚀 Our preprint is live on #bioRxiv!
We report >4 months of continuous #ethylene production by #cyanobacteria in #photosynthetic #biocatalysts (#ELMs):
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Addition of longer wavelength absorbing chlorophylls into crops could increase their photosynthetic productivity by 26% - Nature Communications Incorporation of the far-red light adaptation of cyanobacteria into crops has been suggested as a potential strategy to increase photosynthesis and yields, but the magnitude of this benefits has not been estimated. Here, via 3D canopy model of soybean, the authors show that it could increase CO2 assimilation up to 26%.

Wang, Y., Oliver, T.J., Croce, R. et al. Addition of longer wavelength absorbing chlorophylls into #crops could increase their #photosynthetic productivity by 26%. Nat Commun 16, 7933 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62885-6

🧪 It taps into the faint glow of geothermal light—yes, light emitted by the vents themselves—to drive its energy needs.

🌱 It’s obligately #photosynthetic and strictly #anaerobic, meaning it can’t survive without light, yet lives in total darkness by most standards.

See the ONLY portable system with 4 far-red LEDs (730 nm ± 5 nm). Control #FarRed light up to 30% of PFD for more accurate recreation of natural light. Stop by Table #1 at #ASHS2025 to see how easy advanced #photosynthetic research can be. #ScienceMadeSeamless #PlantScience @ashs-hort.bsky.social

Loss of state transitions in Bryopsidales macroalgae and kleptoplastic sea slugs (Gastropoda, Sacoglossa) Communications Biology - Photosynthetic sea slugs lose state transitions due to structural changes of their kleptoplasts, whereas Bryopsidales algae show an evolutionary loss of state transitions,...

Glad to see our work on light acclimation (state transitions) in #macroalgae and #photosynthetic #seaslugs out in @commsbio.nature.com The story took a bit of a turn, and we ended up showing that these slugs cause massive changes to the plastids they steal from algae. Have a gander: rdcu.be/epBp6

aaaand another model #organism: #Synechococcuselongatus: the #cyanobacterium that runs on #sunlight and doesn’t believe in #weekends - it has a #circadian #clock! Basically a tiny, #photosynthetic overachiever in #microbiology.

Annotated flow diagram showing how VvHY5 and VvBEE1 antagonistically control resveratrol biosynthesis to mitigate high light-induced damage in grapevine.

You're not the only one who needs sunscreen!

Photoinhibition impairs #photosynthetic efficiency and causes oxidative damage in #plants. Here, Ali et al. investigate the role of #resveratrol in protecting 🍇 #plants from high #light damage.
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Exploring the synergy of canopy architecture and nitrogen partitioning Models uncover how plants coordinate architectural characteristics and photosynthetic nitrogen allocation to optimize photosynthesis.

Optimal coordination between #photosynthetic acclimation strategy and canopy architecture in two contrasting #cucumber cultivars
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On #MolluscMonday, behold the Heart Cockle (Corculum cardissa) - a marine #bivalve of the Indo-Pacific region. Corculum & the giant clams, Tridacna spp, are "cousins" in the Family Cardiidae; both groups house #zooxanthellae -- #symbiotic #photosynthetic dinoflagellate #algae -- in their tissues.

My first paper is out! We investigated how #photosynthetic and #respiratory #thermal #acclimation 🌡️ and #canopy size 🌳 shape tree net #carbon uptake under prolonged warming and drought. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

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🍃 In a study recently published in FEBS Letters, Haijun Liu et al. describe the mapping the free pools of protein subunits of three #photosynthetic complexes using #quantitativemassspectrometry

Read the article here ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.70029

#phycobilisome #photosystem

Contribution of Far-red Photons to Light Compensation Point of Leaf Photosynthesis in Tomato The light compensation point (LCP) is a key plant photosynthetic parameter and represents the light intensity at which the photosynthetic rate equals the respiration rate, indicating the light level f...

Don't miss this interesting article on the importance of including #far_red photons from PAR to interpret #photosynthetic characteristics and light interception accurately. Great read! bit.ly/far-red @ashs-hort.bsky.social @uconncahnr.bsky.social #ASHS2025 #plantscience #horticulture

Headshots of three first authors (Ayumi Tanaka, Takanari Kamo, Yusuke Tsukatani) from the Feb issue of PCP

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#Chlorophyll degradation processes, cyanobacteriochromes tweaks for improved #light-harvesting & engineering #photosynthetic pigments in purple bacteria

Thanks to 1st authors: Ayumi Tanaka, Takanari Kamo, Yusuke Tsukatani
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Volcanic hot springs-dwelling algae reveal photosynthetic insights Italy's Phlegraean Fields is a hotspot of volcanic activity—an ever-shifting landscape pocketed with acidic hot springs. This huge caldera is a part of the Campanian volcanic arc, which includes Mount...

Volcanic #hot_springs-dwelling #algae reveal #photosynthetic insights

#thermophiles #Cyanidioschyzon #carbon_concentrating_mechanism #CCM

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TODAY! Don't miss this multi-year study in the Kenyan black cotton savannas & the acacia's #photosynthetic response to animal/plant interactions and how they predict ant aggression. Register now! bit.ly/ppswb #plantscience #plantbiology #ecology #ecoscience @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social #ACSMTG

Contrasting leaf-scale #photosynthetic low-light response and its temperature dependency are key to differences in crop-scale radiation use efficiency by Alex Wu and colleagues buff.ly/42Kr7nM via
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Contrasting leaf-scale #photosynthetic low-light response and its temperature dependency are key to differences in crop-scale radiation use efficiency

by Alex Wu and colleagues

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TOMORROW! #SuyunNam (UGA Department of Horticulture) investigates the effects of temperature & light intensity on #Photosynthetic efficiency, the acclimation process, #LeafGasExchange, & more in #lettuce. Can't make it? We'll send a link to the recording. Register now! bit.ly/ppswb #horticulture

Please Share! #SuyunNam (UGA Department of Horticulture) investigates the effects of temperature & light intensity on #Photosynthetic efficiency, the acclimation process, #LeafGasExchange, & more in #lettuce. Can't make it? We'll send a link to the recording. Register now! bit.ly/ppswb #horticulture

Frontiers | A Photosynthetic Light Acclimation Model Acco... Mechanistic models of canopy photosynthesis usually upsca...

A #Photosynthetic Light Acclimation #Model Accounting for the Effects of Leaf Age, #Chlorophyll Content, and Intra-Leaf Radiation Transfer

https://bit.ly/3bHqAwm via @FrontPlantSci

Frontiers | Elucidation of Triacylglycerol Overproduction... Upregulation of triacylglycerols (TAGs) in vegetative pla...

Presenting a #metabolism #model for the C4 biomass crop #Sorghum bicolor along with a model for #photosynthetic CO2 assimilation, sucrose and TAG biosynthesis in C3 plants.
https://bit.ly/3seanVn via @FrontPlantSci

Countless microscopic cells in the #PacificOcean around #LosAngeles & #SantaCatalinaIsland harvest sunlight using #photosynthetic pigments like chlorophyll.

Thanks to those pigments, these #phytoplankton are collectively visible from 705 kilometers away.

Distinct Bleaching Resilience of #Photosynthetic #Plastid-Bearing Mollusks Under Thermal Stress and High CO2 Conditions #symbiosis #plastids #physiology www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.20...

Water-soluble #protein helps to understand the #photosynthetic apparatus - How #plants bind their green pigment #chlorophyll www.uni-mainz.de/presse/aktuell/6622_ENG_...

Eva starting off the last symposium "Mechanisms of #Genome #Evolution" with the fascinating case of #Paulinella —an organism that acquired a primary #photosynthetic #cyanobacterial #symbiont independent of #Archaeplastida ! #plastids #plants #symbiosis #photosynthesis #plantbio18

Light and Dehydration but Not Temperature Drive Photosynt...

Light and Dehydration but Not Temperature Drive #Photosynthetic
Adaptations of Basal #Streptophytes Living in Terrestrial Habitats #charophytes #algae #plastids #photosynthesis
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