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Plant Science and Agronomy
Australia
2023

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
89
Citations
31974
World Ranking
294
National Ranking
28

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Australia Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Photosynthesis

John R. Evans mainly investigates Photosynthesis, Botany, Chlorophyll, RuBisCO and Horticulture. He conducts interdisciplinary study in the fields of Photosynthesis and Partial pressure through his research. His Photosynthetic capacity, Ecophysiology, Stomatal conductance and Dry weight study in the realm of Botany connects with subjects such as Irradiance.

His work carried out in the field of RuBisCO brings together such families of science as Photorespiration, Nicotiana and Plant physiology. His research investigates the link between Horticulture and topics such as Nitrate that cross with problems in Photophosphorylation and Thylakoid. His study explores the link between Carboxylation and topics such as Pyruvate carboxylase that cross with problems in Agronomy and Square meter.

His most cited work include:

  • Photosynthesis and nitrogen relationships in leaves of C3 plants. (2385 citations)
  • Photosynthetic acclimation of plants to growth irradiance: the relative importance of specific leaf area and nitrogen partitioning in maximizing carbon gain (806 citations)
  • Nitrogen and Photosynthesis in the Flag Leaf of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) (591 citations)

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

John R. Evans mostly deals with Photosynthesis, Botany, Agronomy, RuBisCO and Horticulture. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Chloroplast, Chlorophyll and Dry weight. His Botany research includes themes of Carbon dioxide and Analytical chemistry.

His RuBisCO study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Vascular bundle, Carbon fixation and Carboxylation. John R. Evans works mostly in the field of Horticulture, limiting it down to topics relating to Respiration and, in certain cases, Eucalyptus and Eucalyptus pauciflora, as a part of the same area of interest. His Photosynthetic capacity research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Canopy, Ecophysiology, Palisade cell and Anatomy.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Photosynthesis (51.93%)
  • Botany (45.30%)
  • Agronomy (24.31%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Photosynthesis (51.93%)
  • Agronomy (24.31%)
  • Botany (45.30%)

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

John R. Evans spends much of his time researching Photosynthesis, Agronomy, Botany, Horticulture and RuBisCO. His work in the fields of Photosynthetic capacity overlaps with other areas such as Conductance. John R. Evans focuses mostly in the field of Agronomy, narrowing it down to topics relating to Flowering time and, in certain cases, Genotype and Physiology.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Chloroplast and Soil salinity. His Horticulture research integrates issues from Salinity and Hyperspectral reflectance. His biological study deals with issues like Chlorophyll, which deal with fields such as Amazon rainforest and Amazonian.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits (206 citations)
  • Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum. (168 citations)
  • Temperature responses of mesophyll conductance differ greatly between species. (154 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Photosynthesis

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Botany, Photosynthesis, Agronomy, Photosynthetic capacity and RuBisCO. The concepts of his Botany study are interwoven with issues in Chloroplast, Salinity and Horticulture. His study in Photosynthesis is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Dry weight and Cytosol.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Nitrogen fixation and Ecosystem in addition to Agronomy. The various areas that he examines in his Photosynthetic capacity study include Ecology, Herbaceous plant and Nitrogen cycle. Many of his studies on RuBisCO apply to Chlorophyll as well.

Best Publications

  • Photosynthesis and nitrogen relationships in leaves of C3 plants.

    John R. Evans

  • Photosynthetic acclimation of plants to growth irradiance: the relative importance of specific leaf area and nitrogen partitioning in maximizing carbon gain

    John Evans;H Poorter

  • Nitrogen and Photosynthesis in the Flag Leaf of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    John R. Evans

  • Carbon isotope discrimination measured concurrently with gas exchange to investigate CO2 diffusion in leaves of higher plants

    JR Evans;TD Sharkey;JA Berry;GD Farquhar

  • Photosynthetic nitrogen-use efficiency of species that differ inherently in specific leaf area

    Hendrik Poorter;John R. Evans

  • Physiological and structural tradeoffs underlying the leaf economics spectrum.

    Yusuke Onoda;Ian J. Wright;John R. Evans;Kouki Hikosaka

  • Resistances along the CO2 diffusion pathway inside leaves

    John R. Evans;Ralf Kaldenhoff;Bernard Genty;Ichiro Terashima

  • The Importance of Energy Balance in Improving Photosynthetic Productivity

    David M. Kramer;John R. Evans

  • The Relationship Between CO2 Transfer Conductance and Leaf Anatomy in Transgenic Tobacco With a Reduced Content of Rubisco

    JR Evans;SV Caemmerer;BA Setchell;GS Hudson

  • Carbon Dioxide Diffusion inside Leaves

    J. R. Evans;S. Von Caemmerer

  • Determination of the Average Partial Pressure of CO2 in Chloroplasts From Leaves of Several C3 Plants

    Susanne von Caemmerer;John R. Evans

  • The allocation of protein nitrogen in the photosynthetic apparatus: costs, consequences, and control.

    J R Evans;J R Seemann

  • Improving Photosynthesis

    Unknown

  • Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits

    Owen K. Atkin;Keith J. Bloomfield;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Mark G. Tjoelker

  • Effects of Light and Nitrogen Nutrition on the Organization of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in Spinach

    Ichiro Terashima;John R. Evans

  • The kinetics of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in vivo inferred from measurements of photosynthesis in leaves of transgenic tobacco

    Susanne von Caemmerer;John R. Evans;Graham S. Hudson;T. John Andrews

  • The nitrogen cost of photosynthesis.

    John R Evans;Victoria C Clarke

  • Temperature responses of mesophyll conductance differ greatly between species.

    Susanne von Caemmerer;John R. Evans

  • Photosynthetic light-response curves

    E. Ögren;J. R. Evans

  • Estimating mesophyll conductance to CO2: methodology, potential errors, and recommendations

    Thijs L. Pons;Jaume Flexas;Susanne von Caemmerer;John R. Evans

  • Leaf respiration of snow gum in the light and dark. Interactions between temperature and irradiance.

    Owen K. Atkin;John R. Evans;Marilyn C. Ball;Hans Lambers

  • Reduction of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase Content by Antisense RNA Reduces Photosynthesis in Transgenic Tobacco Plants

    Graham S. Hudson;John R. Evans;Susanne von Caemmerer;Yvonne B. C. Arvidsson

  • The Dependence of Quantum Yield on Wavelength and Growth Irradiance

    John R. Evans

  • Partitioning of Nitrogen Between and Within Leaves Grown Under Different Irradiances

    John R. Evans

  • Temperature response of carbon isotope discrimination and mesophyll conductance in tobacco

    John R. Evans;Susanne Von Caemmerer

  • Acquisition and Diffusion of CO2 in Higher Plant Leaves

    John R Evans;Francesco Loreto

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanne von Caemmerer
Susanne von Caemmerer Australian National University
Owen K. Atkin
Owen K. Atkin Australian National University
Robert T. Furbank
Robert T. Furbank Australian National University
Graham D. Farquhar
Graham D. Farquhar Australian National University
Murray R. Badger
Murray R. Badger Australian National University
John A. Kirkegaard
John A. Kirkegaard University of Western Australia
Roger M. Gifford
Roger M. Gifford Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Marilyn C. Ball
Marilyn C. Ball Australian National University
T. John Andrews
T. John Andrews Australian National University
Andrew D. Moore
Andrew D. Moore Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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