Photorespiration: A process in plants where oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide is released, which can reduce the efficiency of photosynthesis.

The video embedded below explains something of the photosynthesis mechanism found ... plant has a long path to remove the toxins — photorespiration — and the scientists designed shorter ...

These rice plants combat photorespiration via C4 photosynthesis. Credit: Utsman Media/Unsplash Some plants, like rice, wheat, ...

A hack to the photosynthesis of tobacco increased its growth by 40 percent ... of Agriculture and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign introduced genetic constructs that tweaked a process ...

This excitation energy is utilized to create sugars by means of photosynthesis (or fuels the “futile” metabolic pathway of photorespiration). Excitation energy in excess of what can be ...

But by concentrating CO 2 around Rubisco, hornworts can maximize its efficiency and minimize this wasteful 'photorespiration ... mechanism in crops could boost photosynthesis by up to 60% ...

This was done by adding two genes which modified the plant's photorespiration process ... our field trials shows the promise of improving photosynthesis to enable climate-ready crops," she ...