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D-Index
43
Citations
7610
World Ranking
3202
National Ranking
803

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Photosynthesis
  • Enzyme
  • Gene

Asaph B. Cousins spends much of his time researching Photosynthesis, Botany, Carbon dioxide, Photorespiration and Nitrogen assimilation. His Photosynthesis study is associated with Biochemistry. His Botany study incorporates themes from Productivity and Fractionation.

His Carbon dioxide research integrates issues from Sorghum, Agronomy, Isotopes of carbon, Evapotranspiration and C4 photosynthesis. His research in Photorespiration focuses on subjects like Chloroplast, which are connected to Primary production and Respiration. His Nitrogen assimilation research focuses on subjects like Shoot, which are linked to C4 carbon fixation, Arabidopsis, Photophosphorylation and Ecology.

His most cited work include:

  • The Origins of C4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science (666 citations)
  • Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Inhibits Nitrate Assimilation in Wheat and Arabidopsis (387 citations)
  • Nitrate assimilation in plant shoots depends on photorespiration (224 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Photosynthesis, Botany, C4 photosynthesis, Biochemistry and RuBisCO. His Photosynthesis study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Chloroplast and Carbonic anhydrase. His Botany research includes elements of Fractionation, Carbon dioxide and Isotopes of carbon.

As a part of the same scientific study, he usually deals with the Carbon dioxide, concentrating on Flaveria and frequently concerns with Flaveria bidentis. His C4 photosynthesis research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Biophysics, Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, Photosynthetic efficiency and Horticulture. His RuBisCO research includes themes of Arabidopsis thaliana, Compensation point and Nicotiana tabacum.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Photosynthesis (60.58%)
  • Botany (41.35%)
  • C4 photosynthesis (31.73%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Photosynthesis (60.58%)
  • Agronomy (15.38%)
  • Stomatal conductance (18.27%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Asaph B. Cousins mostly deals with Photosynthesis, Agronomy, Stomatal conductance, Biochemistry and Conductance. Photosynthesis is a subfield of Botany that Asaph B. Cousins tackles. The study incorporates disciplines such as Quantitative trait locus, Partial least squares regression, Photosynthetic capacity and Nicotiana tabacum in addition to Agronomy.

The various areas that Asaph B. Cousins examines in his Stomatal conductance study include Soil water, Water-use efficiency and Sorghum bicolor. His Mutant, Amino acid, Carbonic anhydrase and Glycogen phosphorylase study, which is part of a larger body of work in Biochemistry, is frequently linked to Mixotroph, bridging the gap between disciplines. In his study, Horticulture and Fractionation is inextricably linked to Respiration, which falls within the broad field of C4 photosynthesis.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Critical review: incorporating the arrangement of mitochondria and chloroplasts into models of photosynthesis and carbon isotope discrimination. (17 citations)
  • Increased adaxial stomatal density is associated with greater mesophyll surface area exposed to intercellular air spaces and mesophyll conductance in diverse C4 grasses (13 citations)
  • Regulation and stimulation of photosynthesis of mixotrophically cultured Haematococcus pluvialis by ribose (10 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Photosynthesis
  • Enzyme
  • Gene

Asaph B. Cousins mainly investigates Photosynthesis, Botany, C4 photosynthesis, Chloroplast and Stomatal conductance. His Photosynthesis study combines topics in areas such as Ribose and Metabolism. In general Botany, his work in Stomatal density is often linked to Wall thickness linking many areas of study.

His research integrates issues of Oryza sativa, Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase and Respiration in his study of C4 photosynthesis. While the research belongs to areas of Chloroplast, Asaph B. Cousins spends his time largely on the problem of Isotopes of carbon, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Biophysics. His Stomatal conductance research incorporates themes from Mesophyll Cell and Water-use efficiency.

Best Publications

  • The Origins of C4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science

    Erika J. Edwards;Colin P. Osborne;Caroline A.E. Strömberg;Stephen A. Smith

  • Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Inhibits Nitrate Assimilation in Wheat and Arabidopsis

    Arnold J. Bloom;Martin Burger;Jose Salvador Rubio Asensio;Asaph B. Cousins

  • Nitrate assimilation in plant shoots depends on photorespiration

    Shimon Rachmilevitch;Asaph B. Cousins;Arnold J. Bloom

  • C3 plants enhance rates of photosynthesis by reassimilating photorespired and respired CO2

    Florian A. Busch;Tammy L. Sage;Asaph B. Cousins;Rowan F. Sage

  • Coordination of Leaf Photosynthesis, Transpiration, and Structural Traits in Rice and Wild Relatives (Genus Oryza)

    Rita Giuliani;Nuria Koteyeva;Elena Voznesenskaya;Marc A. Evans

  • Elevated atmospheric CO2 improved Sorghum plant water status by ameliorating the adverse effects of drought

    G. W. Wall;T. J. Brooks;N. R. Adam;A. B. Cousins

  • CO2 enrichment increases water-use efficiency in sorghum

    Matthew M. Conley;B. A. Kimball;T. J. Brooks;P. J. Pinter

  • CO2 enrichment inhibits shoot nitrate assimilation in C3 but not C4 plants and slows growth under nitrate in C3 plants

    Arnold J Bloom;Jose Salvador Rubaio Asensio;Lesley Randall;Shimon Rachmilevitch

  • Temperature response of in vivo Rubisco kinetics and mesophyll conductance in Arabidopsis thaliana: comparisons to Nicotiana tabacum.

    Berkley Walker;Loren S. Ariza;Sarah Kaines;Murray R. Badger

  • The Response of Cyclic Electron Flow around Photosystem I to Changes in Photorespiration and Nitrate Assimilation

    Berkley J. Walker;Deserah D. Strand;David M. Kramer;Asaph B. Cousins

  • Peroxisomal Malate Dehydrogenase Is Not Essential for Photorespiration in Arabidopsis But Its Absence Causes an Increase in the Stoichiometry of Photorespiratory CO2 Release

    Asaph B. Cousins;Itsara Pracharoenwattana;Wenxu Zhou;Steven M. Smith

  • Carbon isotope discrimination as a tool to explore C4 photosynthesis

    Susanne von Caemmerer;Oula Ghannoum;Jasper J. L. Pengelly;Asaph B. Cousins

  • The efficiency of C4 photosynthesis under low light conditions in Zea mays, Miscanthus x giganteus and Flaveria bidentis

    Nerea Ubierna;Wei Sun;David M. Kramer;Asaph B. Cousins

  • The Role of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase during C4 Photosynthetic Isotope Exchange and Stomatal Conductance

    Asaph B. Cousins;Irene Baroli;Murray R. Badger;Alexander Ivakov

  • Installation of C4 photosynthetic pathway enzymes in rice using a single construct.

    Maria Ermakova;Stéphanie Arrivault;Rita Giuliani;Florence Danila

  • Bundle-sheath leakiness in C4 photosynthesis: a careful balancing act between CO2 concentration and assimilation

    Johannes Kromdijk;Nerea Ubierna;Asaph B. Cousins;Howard Griffiths

  • Carbonic Anhydrase and Its Influence on Carbon Isotope Discrimination during C4 Photosynthesis. Insights from Antisense RNA in Flaveria bidentis

    Asaph B. Cousins;Murray R. Badger;Susanne von Caemmerer

  • Cell wall properties in Oryza sativa influence mesophyll CO2 conductance.

    Patrícia V. Ellsworth;Patrick Z. Ellsworth;Nuria K. Koteyeva;Nuria K. Koteyeva;Asaph B. Cousins

  • Temperature Responses of C4 Photosynthesis: Biochemical Analysis of Rubisco, Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase, and Carbonic Anhydrase in Setaria viridis.

    Ryan Allen Boyd;Anthony Gandin;Asaph B Cousins

  • The efficiency of C4 photosynthesis under low light conditions: assumptions and calculations with CO2 isotope discrimination

    Nerea Ubierna;Wei Sun;Asaph B. Cousins

  • C4 photosynthetic isotope exchange in NAD-ME- and NADP-ME-type grasses

    Asaph B. Cousins;Murray R. Badger;Susanne von Caemmerer

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanne von Caemmerer
Susanne von Caemmerer Australian National University
Gerald E. Edwards
Gerald E. Edwards Washington State University
Murray R. Badger
Murray R. Badger Australian National University
Thomas P. Brutnell
Thomas P. Brutnell Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Gerard W. Wall
Gerard W. Wall Agricultural Research Service
Robert T. Furbank
Robert T. Furbank Australian National University
Bruce A. Kimball
Bruce A. Kimball Agricultural Research Service
Ivan Baxter
Ivan Baxter Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Paul J. Pinter
Paul J. Pinter Agricultural Research Service
Michael J. Ottman
Michael J. Ottman University of Arizona

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