Role of C3 Cycle Genes and Enzymes in Overcoming Environmental Stress

There are different environmental stresses like salinity, drought, flooding, and adverse temperatures all of which together with their abrupt changes, have a detrimental influence on the photosynthetic carbon fixation process in plants. By limiting photosynthesis, these stresses reduce agricultural productivity and cause yield losses. Photosynthesis is the product of a multistep and complex mechanism involving many biological pathways. Unfortunately, plants have only developed few stress resistance mechanisms to sustain photosynthesis efficiency so far. This chapter will offer a description of how abiotic stresses affect and regulate carbon fixation in C3 cycle during photosynthesis.