Photosynthesis in silico : understanding complexity from molecules to ecosystems

Contents.- Preface.- The Editors.- Author Index.- Color Plates.- Part I: General Problems of Biological Modeling: 1. Trends and Tools for Modeling in Modern Biology; Michael Hucka and James Schaff.- 2. Scaling and Integration of Kinetic Models of Photosynthesis: Towards Comprehensive E-Photosynthesis; Ladislav Nedbal, Jan Cervenu and Henning Schmidt.- Part II: Modeling of Light Harvesting and Primary Charge Separation: 3. Modeling Light Harvesting and Primary Charge Separation in Photosystem I and Photosystem II; Rienk van Grondelle, Vladimir I. Novoderezhkin and Jan P. Dekker.- 4. Unraveling the Hidden Nature of Antenna Excitations; Arvi Freiberg and Gediminas Trinkunas.- Part III: Modeling Electron Transport and Chlorophyll Fluorescence: 5. Models of Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Transients; DuA!an Lazar and Gert Schansker.- 6. Modeling of Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Kinetics in Plant Cells: Derivation of a Descriptive Algorithm; Wim Vredenberg and Ondrej Prasil.- 7. Modeling of the Primary Processes in a Photosynthetic Membrane; Andrew Rubin and Galina Riznichenko.- 8. Clustering of Electron Transfer Components: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Consequences; Jerome Lavergne.- Part IV: Integrated Modeling of Light and Dark Reactions of Photosynthesis: 9. Biochemical Model of C3 Photosynthesis; Susanne von Caemmerer, Graham Farquhar and Joseph Berry.- 10. Modeling the Temperature Dependence of C3 Photosynthesis; Carl J. Bernacchi, David Rosenthal, Carlos Pimentel, Stephen P. Long and Graham D. Farquhar.- 11. A model of the Generalized Stoichiometry of Electron Transport Limited C3 Photosynthesis: Development and Applications; Xinyou Yin, Jeremy Harbinson and Paul C. Struik.- 12. Modeling the Kinetics of Activation and Reaction of Rubisco from Gas Exchange; Hadi Farazdaghi.- 13. Leaf C3 Photosynthesis in silico: Integrated Carbon/Nitrogen Metabolism; Agu Laisk, Hillar Eichelmann and Vello Oja.- 14. Leaf C4 Photosynthesis in silico: the CO2 Concentrating Mechanism; Agu Laisk and Gerald Edwards.- 15. Flux Control Analysis of the Rate of Photosynthetic CO2 Assimilation; Ian E. Woodrow.- Part V: From Leaves to Canopies to the Globe: 16. Packing the Photosynthetic Machinery: From Leaf to Canopy*; Aulo Niinemets and Niels P. R. Anten.- 17. Can Increase in Rubisco Specificity Increase Carbon Gain by Whole Canopy? A Modeling Analysis; Xin-Guang Zhu and Stephen P. Long.- 18. Role of Photosynthetic Induction for Daily and Annual Carbon Gains of Leaves and Plant Canopies; Manfred Kuppers and Michael Pfiz.- 19. Photosynthesis within Large-Scale Ecosystem Models; Stephan A. Pietsch and Hubert Hasenauer.- 20. Photosynthesis in Global-Scale Models; Andrew D. Friend, Richard J. Geider, Michael J. Behrenfeld and Christopher J. Still.- Index.