Branch on Photosynthesis

This branch is open-access ​here.

It aims to :

• add an analytical solution solving the equations that define jointly the assimilation (A), the stomatal conductance (gs) and the intercellular CO2 partial pressure (Ci)
• reshape the overall structure of the photosynthesis and stomatal conductance models - still based on the formulations of Farquahr et al. and Ball et al. - to be more in agreement with recent published works.

To perform this work, a literature review has been done. Here is the list of the articles that have been used for developping this branch:

• Yin X, Struik PC. C3 and C4 photosynthesis models: an overview from the perspective of crop modelling. NJAS-Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 2009.
• C.J. Bernacchi, A.R. Portis, H. Nakano, S. von Caemmerer, S.P. Long, Temperature response of mesophyll conductance. Implication for the determination of Rubisco enzyme kinetics and for limitations to photosynthesis in vivo, Plant Physiology 130 (2002) 1992–1998.
• C.J. Bernacchi, E.L. Singsaas, C. Pimentel, A.R. Portis Jr., S.P. Long, Improved temperature response functions for models of Rubisco-limited photosynthesis, Plant, Cell and Environment 24 (2001) 253–259.
• B.E. Medlyn, E. Dreyer, D. Ellsworth, M. Forstreuter, P.C. Harley, M.U.F. Kirschbaum, X. Le Roux, P. Montpied, J. Strassemeyer, A. Walcroft, K. Wang, D. Loustau, Temperature response of parameters of a biochemically based model of photosynthesis. II. A review of experimental data, Plant, Cell and Environ- ment 25 (2002) 1167–1179.
• Kattge, J. and Knorr, W.: Temperature acclimation in a biochemical model of photosynthesis: a reanalysis of data from 36 species, Plant Cell Environ., 30 (2007) 1176–1190.
• Keenan, T., et al., Soil water stress and coupled photosynthesis–conductance models: Bridging the gap between conflicting reports on the relative roles of stomatal, mesophyll conductance and biochemical limitations to photosynthesis. Agric. Forest Meteorol. (2010)