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Interaction between radiation conversion photosynthetic acclimation and nitrogen acquisition in rice

Reference	P13990
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Peter Horton
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Erik Murchie
Institution	University of Sheffield
Department	Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	286,632
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	05/08/2000
End date	05/08/2003
Duration	36 months

Abstract

The objective of this project is to gain insight into the function of leaves to enable the creation of new plant varieties with improved photosynthetic performance and higher yield potential. Using rice, the important interaction between photosynthetic capacity, acclimation to the light environment, N accumulation in Rubisco and canopy architecture will be investigated by biochemical, physiological and genetic analyses on contrasting rice genotypes. The hypothesis will be tested that the regulation of photosynthetic acclimation is not optimised either for maximum radiation conversion or efficient N acquisition, and that manipulation of these processes represents a novel and promising approach to increasing yield potential.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Plant & Microbial Sciences (PMS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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