Publications

Illinois researchers create 3D images of C4 plant cellular components

Moonsub Lee, Ryan A. Boyd, Kingsley A. Boateng, and Don Ort

New Phytologist

Photosynthesis: Diving deep into the process in the era of climate change

Donald R. Ort, Viswanathan Chinnusamy & Ashwani Pareek

Plant Physiology Reports

Evaluation of the effects of elevated CO2 concentrations on the growth of cassava storage roots by destructive harvests and ground penetrating radar scanning approaches

Ursula M. Ruiz-Vera, Riley Balikian, Timothy H. Larson, Donald R. Ort

Plant, Cell & Environment

Increased bundle-sheath leakiness of CO2 during photosynthetic induction shows a lack of coordination between C4 and C3 cycles

Yu Wang, Samantha S. Stutz, Carl J. Bernacchi, Ryan A. Boyd, Donald R. Ort, Stephen P. Long

New Phytologist

Removal of redox-sensitive Rubisco Activase does not alter Rubisco regulation in soybean

Christopher M. Harvey, Amanda P. Cavanagh, Sang Yeol Kim, David A. Wright, Ron G. Edquilang, Kayla S. Shreeves, Juan Alejandro Perdomo, Martin H. Spalding, Donald R. Ort, Carl J. Bernacchi & Steven C. Huber

Photosynthesis Research

Reducing chlorophyll level in seed filling stages results in higher seed nitrogen without impacting canopy carbon assimilation

Young B. Cho, Ryan A. Boyd, Yudong Ren, Moon-Sub Lee, Sarah I. Jones, Ursula M. Ruiz-Vera, Justin McGrath, Michael D. Masters, Donald R. Ort

Photoautotrophic organic acid production: Glycolic acid production by microalgal cultivation

Nam Kyu Kang, Minsik Kim, Kwangryul Baek, Yong Keun Chang, Donald R. Ort, Yong-Su Jin

Chemical Engineering Journal

Microalgal metabolic engineering strategies for the production of fuels and chemicals

Nam Kyu Kang, Kwangryul Baek, Hyun Gi Koh, Christine Anne Atkinson, Donald R. Ort, Yong-Su Jin

Bioresource Technology

Increasing photosynthetic efficiency of energycane under fluctuating lights

Moonsub Lee, Fredy Altpeter, Donald Ort

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Photosynthetic Efficiency Improvement

Rebecca A. Slattery, Donald R. Ort

Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry III

Remote-sensing advances with LiDAR and hyperspectral data. Proximal sensing improvement in Energy Sorghum

Siebers, Matthew; Fu, Peng; McGrath, Justin; Ort, Donald; Bernacchi, Carl

AGU Fall Meeting 2021

Alternative pathway to photorespiration protects growth and productivity at elevated temperatures in a model crop

Amanda P. Cavanagh, Paul F. South, Carl J. Bernacchi, Donald R. Ort

Plant Biotechnology Journal

The photosynthetic response of C3 and C4 bioenergy grass species to fluctuating light

Moon-Sub Lee, Ryan A. Boyd, Donald R. Ort

GCB-Bioenergy

L-malic acid production from xylose by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Nam Kyu Kang, Jae Won Lee, Donald R. Ort, Yong-Su Jin

Biotechnology Journal

Glycolate production by a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant lacking carbon-concentrating mechanism

Eun Ju Yun a,b,1, Guo-Chang Zhang b,1, Christine Atkinson b,d,1, Stephan Lane b,d, Jing-Jing Liu b, Donald R. Ort b,c, Yong-Su Jin

Journal of Biotechnology

Perspectives on improving light distribution and light use efficiency in crop canopies

Rebecca A. Slattery and Donald R. Ort 

Plant Physiology

High sink strength prevents photosynthetic down-regulation in cassava grown at elevated CO2 concentration

Ursula M Ruiz-Vera, Amanda P De Souza, Michael R Ament, Roslyn M Gleadow, Donald R Ort

Journal of Experimental Botany

A phytophotonic approach to enhanced photosynthesis

Kunz, L.Y., Redekop, P., Ort, D.R., Grossman, A.R., Crgnello, M., Majumdar, A.

Energy & Environmental Science

A role for differential Rubisco activase isoform expression in C4 bioenergy grasses at high temperature

240. Kim, S.Y., Slattery, R.A., Ort, D.R. A role for differential Rubisco activase isoform expression in C-4 bioenergy grasses at high temperature. Global Change Biol. Bioeng.13, 211-223. 2020

GCB-Bioenergy

Towards a multiscale crop modelling framework for climate change adaptation assessment

Bin Peng, Kaiyu Guan, Jinyun Tang, Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, Senthold Asseng, Carl J. Bernacchi, Mark Cooper, Evan H. Delucia, Joshua W. Elliott, Frank Ewert, Robert F. Grant, David I Gustafson, Graeme L. Hammer, Zhenong Jin, James W. Jones, Hyungsuk Kimm, David M. Lawrence, Yan Li, Danica L. Lombardozzi, Amy Marshall-Colon, Carlos D. Messina, Donald R. Ort, James C. Schnable, C. Eduardo Vallejos, Alex Wu, Xinyou Yin, and Wang Zhou

Nature Plants

Arabidopsis plants expressing only the redox-regulated Rca-α isoform have constrained photosynthesis and plant growth

Sang Yeol Kim, Dan J Stessman, David A Wright, Martin H Spalding, Steven C Huber, Donald R Ort

The Plant Journal

The plastid casein kinase 2 phosphorylates Rubisco activase at the Thr-78 site but is not essential for regulation of Rubisco activation state

Sang Y. Kim, Kyle W. Bender, Berkley J. Walker, Raymond E. Zielinski, Martin H. Spalding, Donald R. Ort, and Steven C. Huber

Frontiers in Plant Science

Recycling carbon dioxide during xylose fermentation by engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Peng-Fei Xia, Guo-Chang Zhang, Berkley Walker, Seung-Oh Seo, Suryang Kwak, Jing-Jing Liu, Heejin Kim,‡ Donald R. Ort, Shu-Guang Wang, and Yong-Su Jin

ACS Synthetic Biology

Synthetic glycolate metabolism pathways stimulate crop growth and productivity in the field

Paul F. South, Amanda P. Cavanagh, Helen W. Liu, and Donald R. Ort

Science

Improved method for measuring the apparent CO 2 photocompensation point resolves the impact of multiple internal conductances to CO 2 to net gas exchange: Compensation point

Berkley J. Walker and Donald R. Ort

Plant Cell and Environment

Heat waves imposed during early pod development in soybean (Glycine max) cause significant yield loss despite a rapid recovery from oxidative stress

Matthew H. Siebers, Craig R. Yendrek, David Drag, Anna M. Locke, Lorena Rios Acosta, Andrew D. B. Leakey, Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, Carl J. Bernacchi, and Donald R. Ort

Global Change Biology

Canopy warming accelerates development in soybean and maize, offsetting the delay in soybean reproductive development by elevated CO2 concentrations.

Ursula M. Ruiz-Vera, Matthew H. Siebers, Deepak Jaiswal, Donald R. Ort, and Carl J. Bernacchi

Plant, Cell & Environment

Field‐grown soybean transcriptome shows diurnal patterns in photosynthesis‐related processes

Anna M. Locke, Rebecca A. Slattery, and Donald R. Ort

Plant Direct

Optimizing photorespiration for improved crop productivity

Paul F. South, Amanda P. Cavanagh, Patricia E. Lopez‐Calcagno, Christine A. Raines, and Donald R. Ort

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Photosystem II Subunit S overexpression increases the efficiency of water use in a field-grown crop

Katarzyna Głowacka, Johannes Kromdijk, Katherine Kucera, Jiayang Xie, Amanda P. Cavanagh, Lauriebeth Leonelli, Andrew D. B. Leakey, Donald R. Ort, Krishna K. Niyogi, and Stephen P. Long 

Nature Communications

Chlorophyll can be reduced in crop canopies with little penalty to photosynthesis

Berkley J. Walker, Darren T. Drewry, Rebecca A. Slattery, Andy VanLoocke, Young B. Cho, and Donald R. Ort

Plant Physiology

The impacts of fluctuating light on crop performance

Rebecca A. Slattery, Berkley J. Walker, Andreas P. M. Weber, and Donald R. Ort

Plant Physiology

The impact of modifying photosystem antenna size on canopy photosynthetic efficiency—Development of a new canopy photosynthesis model scaling from metabolism to canopy level processes

Qingfeng Song, Yu Wang, Mingnan Qu, Donald R. Ort, and Xin-Guang Zhu

Plant, Cell & Environment

The role of sink strength and nitrogen availability in the down-regualtion of photosynthetic capacity in field-grown Nicotiana tabacum L. at elevated CO2 concentration

Ursula M. Ruiz-Vera, Amanda P. De Souza, Stephen P. Long, and Donald R. Ort

Frontiers in Plant Science

Bile Acid Sodium Symporter BASS6 can transport glycolate and is involved in photorespiratory metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana

Paul F. South, Berkley J. Walker, Amanda P. Cavanagh, Vivien Rolland, Murray Badger, and Donald R. Ort

Plant Cell

Photosynthesis, light use efficiency, and yield of reduced chlorophyll soybean mutants in field conditions

Rebecca A. Slattery, Andy VanLoocke, Carl J. Bernacchi, Xin-Guang Zhu, and Donald R. Ort

Plant Science

Uncertainty in measurements of the photorespiratory CO2 compensation point and its impact on models of leaf photosynthesis

Berkley J. Walker, Douglas J. Orr, Elizabete Carmo-Silva, Martin A. J. Parry, Carl J. Bernacchi, and Donald R. Ort

Photosynthesis Research

Leaf and canopy scale drivers of genotypic variation in soybean response to elevated carbon dioxide concentration

Álvaro Sanz‐Sáez, Robert P. Koester, David M. Rosenthal, Christopher M. Montes, Donald R. Ort, and Elizabeth A. Ainsworth

Global Change Biology

Simulated heat waves during maize reproductive stages alter reproductive growth but have no lasting effect when applied during vegetative stages

Matthew H. Siebers, Rebecca A. Slattery, Craig R. Yendrek, Anna M. Locke, David Drag, Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, Carl J. Bernacchi, and Donald R. Ort

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Expression of cyanobacterial FBP/SBPase in soybean prevents yield depression under future climate conditions

Iris H. Köhler, Ursula M. Ruiz-Vera, Andy VanLoocke, Michell L. Thomey, Tom Clemente, Stephen P. Long, Donald R. Ort, and Carl J. Bernacchi

Journal of Experimental Botany

Photosynthesis: ancient, essential, complex, diverse … and in need of improvement in a changing world

Ülo Niinemets, Joseph A. Berry, Susanne von Caemmerer, Donald R. Ort, Martin A. J. Parry, and Hendrik Poorter

New Phytologist

Investigating the control of chlorophyll degradation by genomic correlation mining

Frederick P. Ghandchi, Gustavo Caetano-Anolles, Steven J. Clough, and Donald R. Ort

PLOS One

Intensifying drought eliminates the expected benefits of elevated carbon dioxide for soybean

Sharon B. Gray, Orla Dermody, Stephanie P. Klein, Anna M. Locke, Justin M. McGrath, Rachel E. Paul, David M. Rosenthal, Ursula M. Ruiz-Vera, Matthew H. Siebers, Reid Strellner, Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, Carl J. Bernacchi, Stephen P. Long, Donald R. Ort, and Andrew D. B. Leakey

nature plants

Physiological evidence for plasticity in glycolate/glycerate transport during photorespiration

Berkley J. Walker, Paul F. South, and Donald R. Ort

Photosynthesis Research

Light sheet microscopy reveals more gradual light attenuation in light-green versus dark-green soybean leaves

Rebecca A. Slattery, Aleel K. Grennan, Mayandi Sivaguru, Rosangela Sozzani, and Donald R. Ort

Journal of Experimental Biology

The costs of photorespiration to food production now and in the future

Berkley J. Walker, Andy VanLoocke, Carl J. Bernacchi, and Donald R. Ort

Annual Review of Plant Biology

An improved approach for measuring the impact of multiple CO2 conductances on the apparent photorespiratory CO2 compensation point through slope-intercept regression

Berkley J. Walker, Dane C. Skabelund, Florian A. Busch, and Donald R. Ort

Plant, Cell & Environment

Manipulating photorespiration to increase plant productivity: recent advances and perspectives for crop improvement

Marco Betti, Hermann Bauwe, Florian A. Busch, Alisdair R. Fernie, Olivier Keech, Myles Levey, Donald R. Ort, Martin A. J. Parry, Rowan Sage, Stefan Timm, Berkley Walker, and Andreas P. M. Weber

Journal of Experimental Botany

Manipulating photorespiration to increase plant productivity: Recent advances and perspectives for crop improvement

Marco Betti, Hermann Bauwe, Florian A. Busch, Alisdair R. Fernie, Olivier Keech, Myles Levey, Donald R. Ort, Martin A. J. Parry, Rowan Sage, Stefan Timm, Berkley Walker, and Andreas P. M. Weber

Journal of Experimental Botany

Improved method for measuring the apparent CO2 photocompensation point resolves the impact of multiple internal conductances to CO2 to net gas exchange

Berkley J. Walker and Donald R. Ort

Plant, Cell & Environment

Diurnal depression in leaf hydraulic conductance at ambient and elevated [CO2] reveals anisohydric water management in field-grown soybean and possible involvement of aquaporins

Anna M. Locke and Donald R. Ort

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

Donald R. Ort, Sabeeha S. Merchant, Jean Alric, Alice Barkan, Robert E. Blankenship, Ralph Bock, Roberta Croce, Maureen R. Hanson, Julian M. Hibberd, Stephen P. Long, Thomas A. Moore, James Moroney, Krishna K. Niyogi, Martin A. J. Parry, Pamela P. Peralta-Yahya, Roger C. Prince, Kevin E. Redding, Martin H. Spalding, Klaas J. van Wijk, Wim F. J. Vermaas, Susanne von Caemmerer, Andreas P. M. Weber, Todd O. Yeates, Joshua S. Yuan, and Xin Guang Zhu

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Photosynthetic energy conversion efficiency: Setting a baseline for gauging future improvements in important food and biofuel crops

Rebecca A. Slattery and Donald R. Ort

Plant Physiology

Canopy warming caused photosynthetic acclimation and reduced seed yield in maize grown at ambient and elevated [CO 2 ]

Ursula Ruiz-Vera, Matthew H. Siebers, David W. Drag, Donald R. Ort, and Carl J. Bernacchi

Global Change Biology

Redesigning photosynthesis to sustainably meet global food and bioenergy demand

Donald R. Ort, Sabeeha Merchant, Jean Alric, Alice Barkan, Robert E. Blankenship, Ralph Bock, Roberta Croce, Maureen R. Hanson, Julian M. Hibberd, Stephen P. Long, Thomas A. Moore, James Moroney, Krishna K. Niyogi, Martin A. J. Parry, Pamela P. Peralta-Yahya, Roger Prince, Kevin Redding, Martin H. Spalding, Klaas J. van Wijk, Wim Vermaas, Susanne von Caemmerer, Andreas Paul Michael Weber, Todd O. Yeates, Joshua Yuan, and Xin Guang Zhu

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Photosynthetic energy conversion efficiency: Setting a baseline for gauging future improvements in important and biofuel crops

Rebecca A. Slattery and Donald R. Ort

Plant Physiology

Heat waves imposed during early pod development in soybean (Glycine max) cause significant yield loss despite a rapid recovery from oxidative stress

Matthew H. Siebers, Craig R. Yendrek, David Drag, Anna M. Locke, Lorena Rios Acosta, Andrew D. B. Leakey, Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, Carl J. Bernacchi, and Donald R. Ort

Global Change Biology

Diurnal depression in leaf hydraulic conductance at ambient and elevated [CO2] reveals anisohydric water management in field-grown soybean and possible involvement of aquaporins

Anna M. Locke and Donald R. Ort

Environmental & Experimental Botany

Photosynthetic terpene hydrocarbon production for fuels and chemicals

Xin Wang, Donald R. Ort, and Joshua S. Yuan

Plant Biotechnology Journal

The influence of photosynthetic acclimation to rising CO 2 and warmer temperatures on leaf and canopy photosynthesis models

Justin Bagley, David M. Rosenthal, Ursula M. Ruiz‐Vera, Matthew H. Siebers, Praveen Kumar, Donald R. Ort, and Carl J. Bernacchi

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

The influence of photosynthetic acclimation to rising CO2 and warmer temperatures on leaf and canopy photosynthesis models

Justin Bagley, David M. Rosenthal, Ursula M. Ruiz‐Vera, Matthew H. Siebers, Praveen Kumar, Donald R. Ort, and Carl J. Bernacchi

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Identical substitutions in magnesium chelatase paralogs result in chlorophyll-deficient soybean mutants

Benjamin W. Campbell, Dhananjay Mani, Shaun J. Curtin, Rebecca A. Slattery, Jean-Michel Michno, Donald R. Ort, Philip J. Schaus, Reid G. Palmer, James H. Orf, and Robert M. Stupar

G3

Leaf hydraulic conductance declines in coordination with photosynthesis, transpiration and leaf water status as soybean leaves age regardless of soil moisture

Anna M. Locke and Donald R. Ort

Journal of Experimental Biology

Impacts of rising tropospheric ozone on photosynthesis and metabolite levels on field grown soybean

Jindong Suna, Zhaozhong Fenga, and Donald R. Ort

Plant Science

The theoretical limit to plant productivity

Evan H. DeLucia, Nuria Gomez-Casanovas, Jonathan A. Greenberg, Tara W. Hudiburg, Ilsa B. Kantola, Stephen P. Long, Adam D. Miller, Donald R. Ort, and William J. Parton

Environmental Science & Technology

Inconsistency of mesophyll conductance estimate causes the inconsistency for the estimates of maximum rate of Rubisco carboxylation among the linear, rectangular and non-rectangular hyperbola biochemical models of leaf photosynthesis—A case study...

Jindong Suna, Zhaozhong Fenga, Andrew D.B. Leakey, Xinguang Zhub, Carl J. Bernacchi, and Donald R. Ort

Plant Science

Limits on yields in the Corn Belt

Donald R. Ort and Stephen P. Long

Science

Biochemical acclimation, stomatal limitation and precipitation patterns underlie decreases in photosynthetic stimulation of Soybean (Glycine max) at elevated [CO2] and temperatures under fully open air field conditions

David M. Rosenthal, Ursula M.Ruiz-Vera, Matthew H. Siebers, Sharon B.Gray, Carl J. Bernacchi, and Donald R. Ort

Plant Science