Crop Radiation Capture and Use Efficiency

Glossary Definition of the Subject and Its Importance Introduction and History Determination of Radiation Use Efficiency Light Interception by Crop Canopies “Conversion” of Captured Radiation: Photosynthetic Mechanisms Sources of Variation in Agricultural RUE Metabolic and Regulatory Constraints to RUE Source-Sink Processes and Partitioning of Assimilates Theoretical Considerations Related to the Improvement of RUE Future Directions Concluding Remarks References

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