Low light intensity elongates period and defers peak time of photosynthesis: a computational approach to circadian-clock-controlled photosynthesis in tomato
1College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University/State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement/Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Biology and Germplasm Creation in East China of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China 2The Institute of Agricultural Information, Jiangsu Province Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, Jiangsu, China 3Laboratory for Genetic Improvement of High Efficiency Horticultural Crops in Jiangsu Province, Institute of Vegetable Crop, Jiangsu Province Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, Jiangsu, China 4College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu China *Corresponding author. E-mail: xiongaisheng@njau.edu.cn,youx@njau.edu.cn †Ting Huang,Hui Liu and Jian-Ping Tao contributed equally to the study.
Received: 03 Aug 2022 Accepted: 09 Apr 2023 Published online: 25 Apr 2023
Abstract
Photosynthesis is involved in the essential process of transforming light energy into chemical energy. Although the interaction between photosynthesis and the circadian clock has been confirmed, the mechanism of how light intensity affects photosynthesis through the circadian clock remains unclear. Here, we propose a first computational model for circadian-clock-controlled photosynthesis, which consists of the light-sensitive protein P, the core oscillator, photosynthetic genes, and parameters involved in the process of photosynthesis.
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