Redesigning Rice Photosynthesis to Increase Yield Mitchell Hardy Sheehy Volume 7

Redesigning Rice Photosynthesis to Increase YieldAuthor(s): P.L. Mitchell, B. Hardy, J.E. Sheehy\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science & Technology, United Kingdom\nImprint: Elsevier Science Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780444506108, 978-0444506108\nSynopsis\nRice yields need to increase in order to keep pace with the growing population of Asia and to alleviate hunger and poverty. There appears, however, to be a biophysical limit associated with conventional photosynthetic pathways. The research presented in this book aims at understanding how the rice plant's photosynthetic pathway could be redesigned to overcome current yield limits. The factors controlling yield are discussed from the agronomic to the molecular level. Prospects for improving rice photosynthesis include using genetic engineering to convert rice into a C4 [url] various chapters in this book deal with photosynthesis; a comparison of C3 and C4 pathways; genes physiology and function, and also discuss this in the broade.