Photoassimilate Distribution Plants and Crops Source-Sink RelationshipsAdopting an interdisciplinary approach to the study of photoassimilate partitioning and source-sink relationhips, this work details the major aspects of source-sink physiology and metabolism, the integration of individual components and photoassimilate partitioning, and the whole plant source-sink relationships in 16 agriculturally important crops. The work examines in detail the components of carbon partitioning, such as ecology, photosynthesis, loading, transport and anatomy, and discusses the impact of genetic, environmental and agrotechnical factors on the parts of whole plant source-link physiology. |
Contents
Growth Analysis and Photoassimilate Partitioning | 1 |
Physiology and Metabolism | 21 |
Respiration and Growth Metabolism | 43 |
Starch Synthesis in Sinks and Sources | 63 |
Fructans as Reserve Carbohydrates in Crop Plants | 97 |
Sucrose Metabolism in Sinks and Sources | 115 |
GalactosylSucrose | 157 |
Sugar Alcohol Metabolism in Sinks and Sources | 185 |
Photoassimilate Partitioning and Consumption in NitrogenFixing Crop Legumes | 467 |
WHOLE PLANT SOURCESINK RELATIONSHIPS OF SELECTED CROPS | 501 |
Rice | 519 |
Corn | 549 |
Soybean | 595 |
Pea | 625 |
Sugarcane | 643 |
Carrots | 671 |
Phloem Loading | 209 |
Structure Mechanisms of Catalysis and Regulation of Sugar Transporters in Plants | 229 |
Mechanisms of Long and ShortDistance Transport from Sources to Sinks | 261 |
Anatomical and Physiological Characteristics of Sink Cells | 283 |
THE INTEGRATION OF SOURCESINK COMPONENTS | 311 |
Biochemical Genetics of Carbohydrate Metabolism in Source and Sink Tissue | 341 |
Potential for Modifying SourceSink Interactions Through the Genetic Manipulation | 369 |
Effects of Temperature and Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on SourceSink Relations | 389 |
Metabolic Adjustments Assimilate Partitioning and Alterations in SourceSink | 407 |
Light Quantity and Quality Effects on SourceSink Relationships During Plant | 421 |
An Overview of Potential Control | 441 |
Sugar Beet | 691 |
Tomato | 709 |
Cucurbits | 729 |
Alfalfa | 759 |
Turfgrasses | 781 |
Citrus | 797 |
Prunus | 825 |
Grape | 851 |
Rose | 883 |
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