Overexpression of sucrose-phosphate synthase in tomato plants grown with CO2 enrichment leads to decreased foliar carbohydrate accumulation relative to untransformed controls

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 251-260

  Murchie, Erik H ^a   Sarrobert, Catherine ^b   Contard, Pascale ^b   Betsche, Thomas ^c   Foyer, Christine H ^d   Galtier, Nathalie ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Dept d'Ecophysiologie Veg M   (France)

^c Federal Centre for Potato   (Germany)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate accumulation; CO2 enrichment; Export; Photosynthesis; Starch; Sucrose phosphate synthase; Tomato

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MAIZE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PROMOTER REGION; RIBULOSE 1,5 BISPHOSPHATE OXYGENASE; RIBULOSE 6 BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SUCROSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0033024146     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(99)80023-0     Document Type: Article

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