Dr. Urte Schlüter
Research Focus
C4 species can achieve high light, water and nitrogen use efficiencies. The evolution of C4 photosynthesis is connected to re-arrangements in leaf anatomy and biochemistry, it probably happened via intermediate stages. The Brassicaceae family contains several species with leaf traits ranging between the typical characteristics of C3 and C4 species, especially intermediate CO2 compensation points and centrifugal arrangement of organelles in the bundle sheath. Our group studies these C3-C4 intermediate photosynthesis forms on biochemical, anatomical and developmental level.
The five most important publications
- Schlüter U, Bräutigam A. Gowik U, Melzer M, Christin PA, Kurz S, Mettler-Altmann T, Weber APM. 2017. Photosynthesis in C3–C4 intermediate Moricandia species. Journal of Experimental Botany 68: 191-206
- Schlüter U, Weber APM. 2020 Regulation and Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis. Annual Review of Plant Biology 71: 183-215
- Schlüter U, Bräutigam A, Droz JM, Schwender J, Weber APM. 2019. The role of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases in C4 photosynthesis. Plant Biology 21: 64-76
- Heckmann D, Schlüter U, Weber APM. 2017. Machine Learning Techniques for Predicting Crop Photosynthetic Capacity from Leaf Reflectance Spectra. Molecular Plant 10: 878-890
- Heckmann D, Schlüter U, Weber APM. 2017. Machine Learning Techniques for Predicting Crop Photosynthetic Capacity from Leaf Reflectance Spectra. Molecular Plant 10: 878-890
