Growth of tobacco in short-day conditions leads to high starch, low sugars, altered diurnal changes in the Nia transcript and low nitrate reductase activity, and inhibition of amino acid synthesis

Planta

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-41

  Matt, Petra ^a   Schurr, Uli ^a   Klein, Diana ^a   Krapp, Anne ^a   Stitt, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Nicotiana; Nitrate reductase; Short days; Starch; Sugars

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ASPARTIC ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; DARK PERIOD; DAY LENGTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUTAMIC ACID; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; MUTANT; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PLANT GROWTH; STARCH; SUCROSE; SUGAR;

NIA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0032432722     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050452     Document Type: Article

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