Cold acclimation of mesophyll conductance, bundle‐sheath conductance and leakiness in Miscanthus × giganteus

What is it about?

Just as animals like sheep grow very thick wool to acclimate to low temperatures, some plants can acclimate to the cold. We show how Miscanthus, a biofuel grass, can maintain high photosynthesis and be just as efficient at cold as at warm conditions. The activity of some photosynthetic enzymes decreases at low temperature and can limit photosynthesis and reduce its efficiency. By increasing these photosynthetic enzymes, Miscanthus leaves were able to acclimate to low temperatures and to maintain the efficiency of photosynthesis high.

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