Rice 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 plant.
The 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 broader context of economic
consequences of yield improvements for poverty, the molecular
genetics of photosynthesis, and ecophysiological and evolutionary
perspectives of photosynthesis in wetlands.
Researchers on rice, photosynthesis, agronomy, genetic
engineering, and food policy will find much of interest in this
book.
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