Photosynthesis Methods and Protocols

Survey of Tools for Measuring In Vivo Photosynthesis.- Photosynthetic Gas Exchange in Land Plants at the Leaf Level.- Design and Use of a Digitally-Controlled Device for Accurate, Multiplexed Gas Exchange Measurements of the Complete Foliar Parts of Plants.- Measuring Canopy Gas Exchange Using CAnopy Photosynthesis and Transpiration Systems (CAPTS).- Light-Response Curves in Land Plants.- Chlorophyll Fluorescence on the Fast Timescale.- Sub-Saturating Multiphase Flash Irradiances to Estimate Maximum Fluorescence Yield.- Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging.- Measurement of O₂ Uptake and Evolution in Leaves In Vivo Using Stable Isotopes and Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometry.- Using Carbon Stable Isotopes to Study C₃ and C₄ Photosynthesis: Models and Calculations.- Liquid-Phase Measurements of Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution.- Quantification of Photosynthetic Enzymes in Leaf Extracts by Immunoblotting.- Extraction of Rubisco to Determine Catalytic Constants.- Spectrophotometric Determination of Rubisco Activity and Activation State in Leaf Extracts.- Creating Leaf Cell Suspensions for Characterization of Mesophyll and Bundle Sheath Cellular Features.- Determining the Subcellular Localization of Fluorescently-Tagged Proteins Using Protoplasts Extracted from Transiently-Transformed Nicotiana benthamiana Leaves.- 3D Clearing and Molecular Labeling in Plant Tissues.- Evaluation of Lipids for the Study of Photosynthetic Membranes.- “Click” Methodology for the Functionalization of Water Oxidation Catalyst Iridium Oxide Nanoparticles with Hydrophobic Dyes for Artificial Photosynthetic Constructs.- Biophotovoltaics: Design and Study of Bio-Electrochemical Systems for Biotechnological Applications and Metabolic Investigation.