Research Paper

Research Paper
RESEARCH PAPER
Field-grown ictB tobacco transformants show no difference
in photosynthetic efficiency for biomass relative to the wild
type
Ursula M. Ruiz-Vera1,†,‡,, Liana G. Acevedo-Siaca1,†,§,, Kenny L. Brown2,¶,, Chidi Afamefule2,,
Hussein Gherli2,, Andrew J. Simkin3, 4,, Stephen P. Long1, 5,,, Tracy Lawson2, and
Christine A. Raines2,*,
1
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 W Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801,
USA
2
School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
3
School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, UK
4
Crop Science and Production Systems, NIAB-EMR, New Road, East Malling, Kent ME19 6BJ, UK
5
Lancaster Environment Centre, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK
‡
Present address: Bayer CropScience LLC, Bayer Marana Greenhouse, 9475 N Sanders Rd, Tucson, AZ 85743, USA.
§
Present address: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), M;xico-Veracruz, El Bat;n Km. 45, 56237, Mexico.
¶
Present address: N2 Applied AS, Hagal;kkveien 7, 1383 Asker, Norway