Plant and Animal Genome XXV Conference

January 13 - 18, 2017

4215

Functional Genomics of C₄ and CAM photosynthesis

C4 and crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis are the two principal carbon concentrating mechanisms in vascular plants that have allowed terrestrial plants to achieve high productivity and resource use efficiency such as reduced nitrogen and water inputs. As a result, C4 and CAM plants are among the world’s most important crops for food, feed, fiber, and fuel, as well as key drivers of ecosystem diversity and sustainability in grasslands and dry regions. The workshop will explore recent innovations in genome-scale research in dominant C4 and CAM model systems with the prospect of informing attempts to bioengineer these adaptations into C3 crops.