Exploiting leaf starch synthesis as a transient sink to elevate photosynthesis, plant productivity and yields

Plant Science

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-281

  Gibson, Kelly ^a   Park, Jong Sug ^b   Nagai, Yasuko ^a   Hwang, Seon Kap ^a   Cho, Young Chan ^b   Roh, Kyung Hee ^b   Lee, Si Myung ^b   Kim, Dong Hern ^b   Choi, Sang Bong ^c   Ito, Hiroyuki ^d   Edwards, Gerald E ^a   Okita, Thomas W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^c Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^d AKITA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase; Arabidopsis; Leaf starch; Oryza sativa L.; Photosynthetic feedback; Plant biomass

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CROP; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOSPHATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STARCH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 79960317262     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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