10:20 AM
() Chair's Introduction. (Abstract )

10:30 AM
(S6D-1) The Control of Stomatal Aperture and Its Impact on Photosynthesis, Transpiration and Crop Yield. (Abstract 127)
Yang Wang¹, Jifeng Ying¹, Monika Kuzma¹, Angela Sample¹, Maryse Chalifour¹, Jiangxin Wan¹, Charlene McArthur¹, Tina Uchacz¹, Carlene Sarvas¹, David Dennis^*,1, Peter McCourt², Yafab Huang¹, ¹ Performance Plants, Kingston, Ontario, Canada² Department of Botany, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

11:00 AM
(S6D-2) Canopy and leaf photosynthesis in cultivars of Antirrhinum majus L. acclimated for crop production in low or high light conditions. (Abstract 128)
Jorge Gutierrez-E¹, Renee Cloutier^*,2, Noe Ortiz², Evangelos Leonardos², Bernard Grodzinski², ¹ Colegio de Postgraduados, IREGEP, Montecillo, Texcoco, Mexico² Department of Plant Agriculture, Guelph, ON, Canada

11:20 AM
(S6D-3) Can overexpression of SBPase and transketolase increase photosynthesis and growth? (Abstract 129)
Stephane Lefebvre^*,1, Oksana Zahkleniuk¹, Julie Lloyd¹, Christine Raines¹, ¹ Department of biological Sciencies, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UK

11:40 AM
(S6D-4) Genetic engineering of photosynthetic C1 metabolism: (1) formaldehyde-assimilation and (2) augmentation of CO₂ fixation. (Abstract 130)
Katsura Izui^*,1, Li-mei Chen¹, Kun-zhi Li¹, Hiroya Yurimoto², Yasuyoshi Sakai², Nobuo Kato², Tsuyoshi Furumoto¹, Masahiro Tamoi³, ¹ Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan² Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan³ Graduate School of Advanced Life Science, Kinki University, Nara, Nara, Japan

12:00 PM
(S6D-5) Photosynthesis in winegrape: A depressed process to produce high quality wine. (Abstract 131)
Claudio Pastenes^*,1, Álvaro Peña², ¹ Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile² Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile