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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
68
Citations
17080
World Ranking
780
National Ranking
70

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Botany

His primary areas of investigation include Photosynthesis, Botany, Chlorophyll, RuBisCO and Biochemistry. William Paul Quick focuses mostly in the field of Photosynthesis, narrowing it down to topics relating to Biophysics and, in certain cases, Metabolism, Sucrose-phosphate synthase and Sucrose synthesis. His work in the fields of Light effect overlaps with other areas such as Water metabolism.

His RuBisCO research integrates issues from Biotechnology, Oryza, Poaceae and C4 photosynthesis. Biochemistry is frequently linked to Phloem in his study. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Thylakoid and Chlorophyll a.

His most cited work include:

  • Plant development. Signals from mature to new leaves. (312 citations)
  • The effect of water stress on photosynthetic carbon metabolism in four species grown under field conditions (299 citations)
  • An Examination of Factors Contributing to Non-Photochemical Quenching of Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Barley Leaves (245 citations)

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

William Paul Quick mainly investigates Photosynthesis, Botany, Biochemistry, Vascular bundle and RuBisCO. His Photosynthesis study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Chlorophyll, Agronomy and Oryza sativa. Within one scientific family, he focuses on topics pertaining to Photosystem II under Chlorophyll, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Carbon fixation.

His Botany research includes themes of Oryza, Mutant, Horticulture and Solanaceae. His study in the fields of C4 photosynthesis under the domain of Vascular bundle overlaps with other disciplines such as Plant anatomy. His specific area of interest is RuBisCO, where William Paul Quick studies Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Photosynthesis (55.00%)
  • Botany (51.00%)
  • Biochemistry (30.00%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Photosynthesis (55.00%)
  • C4 photosynthesis (29.00%)
  • Botany (51.00%)

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

His main research concerns Photosynthesis, C4 photosynthesis, Botany, Vascular bundle and Mutant. His studies deal with areas such as Oryza sativa, Gene and Pyruvate carboxylase as well as Photosynthesis. His Botany study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Genetics and Locus.

His work carried out in the field of Vascular bundle brings together such families of science as Plasmodesma, Photosynthetic capacity, Biophysics, Setaria viridis and RuBisCO. The concepts of his RuBisCO study are interwoven with issues in Oxygenase, Horticulture, Compensation point, Transpiration and Photosynthetic efficiency. His Wild type study in the realm of Mutant connects with subjects such as Three prime untranslated region.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Increasing Leaf Vein Density via Mutagenesis in Rice Results in an Enhanced Rate of Photosynthesis, Smaller Cell Sizes and Can Reduce Interveinal Mesophyll Cell Number. (17 citations)
  • Increasing Leaf Vein Density via Mutagenesis in Rice Results in an Enhanced Rate of Photosynthesis, Smaller Cell Sizes and Can Reduce Interveinal Mesophyll Cell Number. (17 citations)
  • Multiple mechanisms for enhanced plasmodesmata density in disparate subtypes of C4 grasses. (9 citations)

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

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Botany

His primary scientific interests are in Vascular bundle, C4 photosynthesis, Plasmodesma, Botany and Photosynthetic capacity. William Paul Quick has researched C4 photosynthesis in several fields, including Biophysics, Seedling, Setaria viridis and Fluorescence microscope. His work on Leaf area ratio, Photosynthesis and Stomatal conductance as part of general Botany study is frequently linked to Cell volume, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science.

His Photosynthetic capacity study combines topics in areas such as Compensation point, Transpiration, Photosynthetic efficiency and RuBisCO.

Best Publications

  • Photorespiration: metabolic pathways and their role in stress protection

    Astrid Wingler;Peter John Lea;W. Paul Quick;Richard C. Leegood

  • Proline induces the expression of salt‐stress‐responsive proteins and may improve the adaptation of Pancratium maritimum L. to salt‐stress

    Abdel Hamid A. Khedr;Mohammad A. Abbas;Amal A. Abdel Wahid;W. Paul Quick

  • Characteristics of C4 photosynthesis in stems and petioles of C3 flowering plants.

    Julian M. Hibberd;W. Paul Quick

  • Rice with reduced stomatal density conserves water and has improved drought tolerance under future climate conditions

    Robert S. Caine;Xiaojia Yin;Jennifer Sloan;Emily L. Harrison

  • The effect of water stress on photosynthetic carbon metabolism in four species grown under field conditions

    W. P. Quick;M. M. Chaves;R. Wendler;M. David

  • Plant development. Signals from mature to new leaves.

    J. A. Lake;W. P. Quick;David Beerling;F. I. Woodward

  • The Development of C4 Rice: Current Progress and Future Challenges

    Susanne von Caemmerer;W Paul Quick;Robert Thomas Furbank

  • Regulation of Leaf Senescence by Cytokinin, Sugars, and Light: Effects on NADH-Dependent Hydroxypyruvate Reductase

    Astrid Wingler;Antje von Schaewen;Richard C. Leegood;Peter J. Lea

  • Decreased ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase in transgenic tobacco transformed with "antisense" rbcS : I. Impact on photosynthesis in ambient growth conditions.

    W. P. Quick;U. Schurr;R. Scheibe;Ernst Detlef Schulze

  • Decreased ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase in transgenic tobacco transformed with ‘antisense’ rbcS

    W. P. Quick;K. fichtner;Ernst Detlef Schulze;R. Wendler

  • Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase, other Calvin-cycle enzymes, and chlorophyll decrease when glucose is supplied to mature spinach leaves via the transpiration stream.

    A. Krapp;W. P. Quick;M. Stitt

  • An Examination of Factors Contributing to Non-Photochemical Quenching of Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Barley Leaves

    W. P. Quick;M. Stitt

  • Photosynthetic carbon partitioning: its regulation and possibilities for manipulation

    M. Stitt;W. P. Quick

  • Standards for plant synthetic biology: a common syntax for exchange of DNA parts.

    Nicola J. Patron;Nicola J. Patron;Diego Orzaez;Sylvestre Marillonnet;Heribert Warzecha

  • Rice responses to rising temperatures – challenges, perspectives and future directions

    S. V. K. Jagadish;M. V. R. Murty;W. P. Quick;W. P. Quick

  • The H+-Sucrose Cotransporter NtSUT1 Is Essential for Sugar Export from Tobacco Leaves

    L Burkle;JM Hibberd;WP Quick;C Kuhn

  • The role of photorespiration during drought stress : an analysis utilizing barley mutants with reduced activities of photorespiratory enzymes

    A. Wingler;A. Wingler;W. P. Quick;R. A. Bungard;K. J. Bailey

  • Isotope fractionation and atmospheric oxygen: implications for phanerozoic O(2) evolution

    R. A. Berner;S. T. Petsch;J. A. Lake;D. J. Beerling

  • Companion cell‐specific inhibition of the potato sucrose transporter SUT1

    C. Kühn;W. P. Quick;A. Schulz;J. W. Riesmeier

  • Strategies for engineering a two-celled C4 photosynthetic pathway into rice

    Kaisa Kajala;Sarah Covshoff;Shanta Karki;Helen Woodfield

  • Long‐distance CO2 signalling in plants

    Janice A. Lake;F. Ian Woodward;W. Paul Quick

  • Elevated CO2 Induces Biochemical and Ultrastructural Changes in Leaves of the C4 Cereal Sorghum

    J R Watling;M C Press;W P Quick

  • Systemic signalling of environmental cues in Arabidopsis leaves

    S. A. Coupe;B. G. Palmer;J. A. Lake;S. A. Overy

  • Decreased Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase-Oxygenase in Transgenic Tobacco Transformed with Antisense Rbcs. 2. Flux-Control Coefficients for Photosynthesis in Varying Light, Co2, and Air Humidity

    M. Stitt;W. P. Quick;U. Schurr;Ernst Detlef Schulze

  • Stomatal development and CO2 : ecological consequences.

    F. I. Woodward;J. A. Lake;W. P. Quick

  • Osmotic Adjustment in Water Stressed Grapevine Leaves in Relation to Carbon Assimilation

    M. L. Rodrigues;M. M. Chaves;R. Wendler;M. M. David

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Stitt
Mark Stitt Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Robert T. Furbank
Robert T. Furbank Australian National University
Julian M. Hibberd
Julian M. Hibberd University of Cambridge
Malcolm C. Press
Malcolm C. Press Manchester Metropolitan University
Lawrence Bogorad
Lawrence Bogorad Harvard University
Julie D. Scholes
Julie D. Scholes University of Sheffield
Susanne von Caemmerer
Susanne von Caemmerer Australian National University
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Ernst-Detlef Schulze Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
F. I. Woodward
F. I. Woodward University of Sheffield
Christine H. Foyer
Christine H. Foyer University of Birmingham

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