Photosynthetica 2020, 58(4):974-975 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2020.049

LETTER TO EDITOR
Light regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting doubles the biomass yield in the green alga Chlamydomonas

R.T. SAYRE1, S. NEGI2, G. GOVINDJEE3
1 New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA2

Due to the overall low thermodynamic efficiency (1–4%) of photosynthesis (Ort et al. 2011, Subramanian et al. 2013) and its impact on crop productivity, substantial efforts are being made to engineer photosynthesis to improve its light use and carbon capture efficiency to increase crop yields.

Additional key words: light harvesting; yield; Chlamydomonas

Received: June 2, 2020; Revised: June 2, 2020; Accepted: June 4, 2020; Prepublished online: July 30, 2020; Published: September 4, 2020  Show citation

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Light regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting doubles the biomass yield in the green alga Chlamydomonas. Photosynthetica, 58(4), 974-975. doi: 10.32615/ps.2020.049
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