Response to Comments on "Soybean photosynthesis and crop yield is improved by accelerating recovery from photoprotection".

De Souza, Amanda P; Burgess, Steven J; Doran, Lynn; Manukyan, Lusya; Hansen, Jeffrey; Maryn, Nina; Leonelli, Lauribel; Niyogi, Krishna K et al. · Science · 2023

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Abstract

We recently demonstrated that accelerating the relaxation of nonphotochemical quenching leads to higher soybean photosynthetic efficiency and yield. In response, Sinclair <i>et al</i>. assert that improved photosynthesis cannot improve crop yields and that there is only one valid experimental design for proving a genetic improvement in yield. We explain here why neither assertion is valid.

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