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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
79
Citations
20201
World Ranking
448
National Ranking
50

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Photosynthesis
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

C. Barry Osmond mostly deals with Botany, Photosynthesis, Biophysics, Chlorophyll fluorescence and Biochemistry. His research in Botany intersects with topics in Light intensity and Carbon dioxide. The study incorporates disciplines such as Non-photochemical quenching, Xanthophyll, Antheraxanthin, Zeaxanthin epoxidase and Lutein in addition to Light intensity.

His Photosynthetic efficiency and Transpiration study are his primary interests in Photosynthesis. The Chlorophyll fluorescence study which covers Photosystem II that intersects with Photorespiration and Photoprotection. His work on Photosynthetic reaction centre, Carbon fixation and Violaxanthin as part of general Biochemistry research is frequently linked to Isotopes of carbon and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, bridging the gap between disciplines.

His most cited work include:

  • Characterisation of Non-Uniform Photosynthesis Induced by Abscisic Acid in Leaves Having Different Mesophyll Anatomies (367 citations)
  • Relationship between Photosynthesis and Respiration: The Effect of Carbohydrate Status on the Rate of CO2 Production by Respiration in Darkened and Illuminated Wheat Leaves (301 citations)
  • Environmental Effects on Photosynthesis, Nitrogen-Use Efficiency, and Metabolite Pools in Leaves of Sun and Shade Plants (267 citations)

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

Botany, Photosynthesis, Biochemistry, Xanthophyll and Chlorophyll fluorescence are his primary areas of study. His study connects Light intensity and Botany. As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Photosynthesis, focusing on Horticulture and, on occasion, Darkness.

His Biochemistry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Biophysics and Spinacia. His Xanthophyll study incorporates themes from Lutein, Zeaxanthin and Photoprotection. His work on Non-photochemical quenching as part of general Chlorophyll fluorescence study is frequently linked to Environmental science, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (54.69%)
  • Photosynthesis (50.00%)
  • Biochemistry (28.12%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2008-2014)?

  • Photosynthesis (50.00%)
  • Ecology (7.81%)
  • Environmental science (3.12%)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Photosynthesis, Ecology, Environmental science, Chlorophyll fluorescence and Scaling. His studies deal with areas such as Lutein, Violaxanthin and Photochemistry as well as Photosynthesis. In general Ecology, his work in Climate change and Biosphere 2 is often linked to Scale, Reductionism and Diversity linking many areas of study.

His Environmental science research spans across into subjects like Transient, Photosynthetic efficiency, Biological system, Laser-induced fluorescence and Lift. His Chlorophyll fluorescence research entails a greater understanding of Botany.

Between 2008 and 2014, his most popular works were:

  • Decreased Photochemical Efficiency of Photosystem II following Sunlight Exposure of Shade-Grown Leaves of Avocado: Because of, or in Spite of, Two Kinetically Distinct Xanthophyll Cycles? (13 citations)
  • Our Eclectic Adventures in the Slower Eras of Photosynthesis: From New England Down Under to Biosphere 2 and Beyond (8 citations)
  • Remote chlorophyll fluorescence measurements with the laser-induced fluorescence transient approach (7 citations)

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

  • Photosynthesis
  • Enzyme
  • Botany

C. Barry Osmond mainly investigates Photosynthesis, Antheraxanthin, Photoprotection, Violaxanthin and Photochemistry. His study in the field of Photosynthetic efficiency and Chlorophyll fluorescence is also linked to topics like Transient and Environmental science. His Antheraxanthin research includes themes of Xanthophyll and Photosystem II, Photosystem.

Best Publications

  • Physiological Plant Ecology III

    O. L. Lange;P. S. Nobel;C. B. Osmond;H. Ziegler

  • Crassulacean Acid Metabolism: A Curiosity in Context

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  • Perspectives on photoinhibition and photorespiration in the field: quintessential inefficiencies of the light and dark reactions of photosynthesis?

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  • Characterisation of Non-Uniform Photosynthesis Induced by Abscisic Acid in Leaves Having Different Mesophyll Anatomies

    Ichiro Terashima;Suan-Chin Wong;C. Barry Osmond;Graham D. Farquhar

  • Photorespiration and photoinhibition: Some implications for the energetics of photosynthesis

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  • Relationship between Photosynthesis and Respiration: The Effect of Carbohydrate Status on the Rate of CO2 Production by Respiration in Darkened and Illuminated Wheat Leaves

    Joaquín Azcón-Bieto;C. Barry Osmond

  • Environmental Effects on Photosynthesis, Nitrogen-Use Efficiency, and Metabolite Pools in Leaves of Sun and Shade Plants

    Jeffrey R. Seemann;Thomas D. Sharkey;Jinlang Wang;C. Barry Osmond

  • Stress physiology and the distribution of plants

    C. B. Osmond;M. P. Austin;J. A. Berry;W. D. Billings

  • Accumulation of Solutes in Leaves of Sorghum and Sunflower in Response to Water Deficits

    MM Jones;CB Osmond;NC Turner

  • Functional Significance of Different Pathways of CO 2 Fixation in Photosynthesis

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  • Photosynthetic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylases: characteristics of alloenzymes from leaves of c(3) and c(1) plants.

    Irwin P. Ting;C. B. Osmond

  • Compartmentation and Transport in C4 Photosynthesis

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  • Carbon Isotope Discrimination in Photosynthesis of CAM Plants

    C. B. Osmond;W. G. Allaway;B. G. Sutton;J. H. Troughton

  • Deficient Photosystem II in Agranal Bundle Sheath Chloroplasts of C 4 Plants

    K. C. Woo;Jan M. Anderson;N. K. Boardman;W. J. S. Downton

  • Two components of onset and recovery during photoinhibition of Ulva rotundata.

    Franklin La;Levavasseur G;Levavasseur G;Osmond Cb;Henley Wj

  • Concepts of plant biotic stress. Some insights into the stress physiology of virus‐infected plants, from the perspective of photosynthesis

    S. Balachandran;V. M. Hurry;S. E. Kelley;C. B. Osmond

  • Effects of acetate on facultative autotrophy in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii assessed by photosynthetic measurements and stable isotope analyses.

    Peter B. Heifetz;Britta Förster;C. Barry Osmond;Lawrence J. Giles

  • Oxygen exchange in leaves in the light.

    David T. Canvin;Joseph A. Berry;Murray R. Badger;Heinrich Fock

  • Photoinhibition and recovery in tropical plant species: response to disturbance.

    C. E. Lovelock;C. B. Osmond;M. Jebb

  • Photoinhibition of Intact Attached Leaves of C3 Plants Illuminated in the Absence of Both Carbon Dioxide and of Photorespiration

    Steve B. Powles;C. Barry Osmond;Sidney W. Thorne

  • Crassulacean acid metabolism

    C. Barry Osmond;William W. Adams;Stanley D. Smith

  • Fixation of 18O2 during Photorespiration: Kinetic and Steady-State Studies of the Photorespiratory Carbon Oxidation Cycle with Intact Leaves and Isolated Chloroplasts of C3 Plants 1

    Joseph A. Berry;C. Barry Osmond;George H. Lorimer

  • Comparisons of Photosynthetic Responses of Xanthium strumarium and Helianthus annuus to Chronic and Acute Water Stress in Sun and Shade

    Gui-Ying Ben;C. Barry Osmond;Thomas D. Sharkey

  • C4 Pathway Photosynthesis at Low Temperature in Cold-tolerant Atriplex Species

    Martyn M. Caldwell;C. Barry Osmond;Dixie L. Nott

  • A comparison of CO2 and O2 exchange patterns and the relationship with chlorophyll fluorescence during photosynthesis in C3 and CAM plants

    Kate Maxwell;Murray R. Badger;C. Barry Osmond

  • Diffusional Contribution to Carbon Isotope Fractionation during Dark CO2 Fixation in CAM Plants

    Marion H. O'Leary;C. Barry Osmond

  • Stimulation of Ammonia and 2-Oxoglutarate-Dependent O2 Evolution in Isolated Chloroplasts by Dicarboxylates and the Role of the Chloroplast in Photorespiratory Nitrogen Recycling

    K. C. Woo;C. Barry Osmond

  • Bisulfite compounds as metabolic inhibitors: nonspecific effects on membranes

    Ulrich Lüttge;C. Barry Osmond;Erika Ball;Enno Brinckmann

  • Changes of fluorescence and xanthophyll pigments during dehydration in the resurrection plantSelaginella lepidophylla in low and medium light intensities.

    Catharina Casper;William G. Eickmeier;C. Barry Osmond

  • Effect of Varying CO2 Partial Pressure on Photosynthesis and on Carbon Isotope Composition of Carbon-4 of Malate from the Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Plant Kalanchoë daigremontiana Hamet et Perr.

    Joseph A. M. Holtum;Marion H. O'Leary;C. Barry Osmond

  • Effects of Leaf Chilling on Thylakoid Functions, Measured at Room Temperature, in Cucumis sativus L. and Oryza sativa L.

    Ichiro Terashima;Lin-Ke Huang;C. Barry Osmond

  • Photoinhibition: Then and Now

    C Barry Osmond;Britta Forster

  • Assessment of photoprotection mechanisms of grapevines at low temperature

    Luke Hendrickson;Marilyn C. Ball;C. Barry Osmond;Robert T. Furbank

  • Photoinhibitory printing on leaves, visualised by chlorophyll fluorescence imaging and confocal microscopy, is due to diminished fluorescence from grana

    C Barry Osmond;Owen Schwartz;Brian Gunning

  • What Does It Take to Be C 4 ? Lessons from the Evolution of C 4 Photosynthesis

    Gerald E. Edwards;Robert T. Furbank;Marshall D. Hatch;C. Barry Osmond

  • 7 – Crassulacean Acid Metabolism

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Frequent Co-Authors

Shizue Matsubara
Shizue Matsubara Forschungszentrum Jülich
Barry J. Pogson
Barry J. Pogson Australian National University
Wah Soon Chow
Wah Soon Chow Australian National University
Uwe Rascher
Uwe Rascher Forschungszentrum Jülich
Robert T. Furbank
Robert T. Furbank Australian National University
Ulrich Lüttge
Ulrich Lüttge Technical University of Darmstadt
Roberto Bassi
Roberto Bassi University of Verona
Tomas Morosinotto
Tomas Morosinotto University of Padua
Jan M. Anderson
Jan M. Anderson Australian National University

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