Rewiring photorespiration using natural and synthetic pathways to sustainably increase crop yield
acronym:
GAIN4CROPS
start:
2020-05-01
end:
2025-04-30
programme:
H2020 - Horisont 2020
sub-programme:
LEIT - Juhtkoht tööstustehnoloogias
instrument:
RIA
call identifier:
H2020-NMBP-BIO-2019-two-stage
project number:
862087
duration in months:
60
partner count:
15
abstract:
Photorespiration – recycling Rubisco’s oxygenation production, 2-phosphoglycolate (2PG), back to the Calvin Cycle – is an ineluctable process in today’s plants, which dissipates energy and releases CO2. Photorespiration reduces CO2 assimilation efficiency