Laisk / Govindjee / Nedbal Photosynthesis in silico

Understanding Complexity from Molecules to Ecosystems
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4020-9237-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 29, 503 Seiten

Reihe: Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration

Photosynthesis in silico: Understanding Complexity from Molecules to Ecosystems is a unique book that aims to show an integrated approach to the understanding of photosynthesis processes. In this volume - using mathematical modeling - processes are described from the biophysics of the interaction of light with pigment systems to the mutual interaction of individual plants and other organisms in canopies and large ecosystems, up to the global ecosystem issues. Chapters are written by 44 international authorities from 15 countries. Mathematics is a powerful tool for quantitative analysis. Properly programmed, contemporary computers are able to mimic complicated processes in living cells, leaves, canopies and ecosystems. These simulations - mathematical models - help us predict the photosynthetic responses of modeled systems under various combinations of environmental conditions, potentially occurring in nature, e.g., the responses of plant canopies to globally increasing temperature and atmospheric CO2 concentration. Tremendous analytical power is needed to understand nature's infinite complexity at every level.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Govindjee,

Laisk, Agu

Nedbal, Ladislav

Govindjee

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;From the Series Editor;6
2;Contents;7
3;Preface;14
4;The Editors;16
5;Author Index;19
6;Color Plates;20
7;Part I General Problems of Biological Modeling;26
7.1;Chapter 1 Trends and Tools for Modeling in Modern Biology;27
7.2;Chapter 2 Scaling and Integration of Kinetic Models of Photosynthesis: Towards Comprehensive E-Photosynthesis;40
8;Part II Modeling of Light Harvesting and Primary Charge Separation;53
8.1;Chapter 3 Modeling Light Harvesting and Primary Charge Separation in Photosystem I and Photosystem II;54
8.2;Chapter 4 Unraveling the Hidden Nature of Antenna Excitations;75
9;Part III Modeling Electron Transport and Chlorophyll Fluorescence;103
9.1;Chapter 5 Models of Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Transients;104
9.2;Chapter 6 Modeling of Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Kinetics in Plant Cells: Derivation of a Descriptive Algorithm;143
9.3;Chapter 7 Modeling of the Primary Processes in a Photosynthetic Membrane;168
9.4;Chapter 8 Clustering of Electron Transfer Components: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Consequences;194
10;Part IV Integrated Modeling of Light and Dark Reactions of Photosynthesis;223
10.1;Chapter 9 Biochemical Model of C3 Photosynthesis;224
10.2;Chapter 10 Modeling the Temperature Dependence of C3 Photosynthesis;246
10.3;Chapter 11 A Model of the Generalized Stoichiometry of Electron Transport Limited C3 Photosynthesis: Development and Applications;262
10.4;Chapter 12 Modeling the Kinetics of Activation and Reaction of Rubisco from Gas Exchange;289
10.5;Chapter 13 Leaf C3 Photosynthesis in silico: Integrated Carbon/Nitrogen Metabolism;309
10.6;Chapter 14 Leaf C4 Photosynthesis in silico: The CO2 Concentrating Mechanism;337
10.7;Chapter 15 Flux Control Analysis of the Rate of Photosynthetic CO2 Assimilation;363
11;Part V From Leaves to Canopies to the Globe;375
11.1;Chapter 16 Packing the Photosynthetic Machinery: From Leaf to Canopy;376
11.2;Chapter 17 Can Increase in Rubisco Specificity Increase Carbon Gain by Whole Canopy? A Modeling Analysis;413
11.3;Chapter 18 Role of Photosynthetic Induction for Daily and Annual Carbon Gains of Leaves and Plant Canopies;429
11.4;Chapter 19 Photosynthesis Within Large-Scale Ecosystem Models;453
11.5;Chapter 20 Photosynthesis in Global-Scale Models;477
12;Index;510