Pennycress, carbon wise: labeling experiments reveal how pennycress seeds efficiently incorporate carbon into biomass
John C. Sedbrook, Timothy P. Durrett
Abstract
This article comments on: Tsogtbaatar E, Cocuron J-C, Alonso AP. 2020. Non-conventional pathways enable pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) embryos to achieve high biosynthetic efficiency. Journal of Experimental Botany 71, 3037–3051.
Topics & Concepts
Biomass (ecology)Carbon fibersBotanyCarbon sourceBiologyBiochemistryAgronomyComputer scienceComposite numberAlgorithmPlant tissue culture and regenerationPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsBioenergy crop production and management