For decades, boosting photosynthesis in crops has been viewed as a scientific holy grail. Yet photosynthesis does not operate in isolation: it is tightly interwoven with environmental factors—light, ...

The energy that plants capture from sunlight through photosynthesis provides the source of nearly all of humanity's food. Yet ...

You won't often see graphs for its effects, as water is important in many other areas of a plant's life, and not just photosynthesis. Most important is its role as a solvent for all the chemical ...