Grain Amaranths Are Defoliation Tolerant Crop Species Capable of Utilizing Stem and Root Carbohydrate Reserves to Sustain Vegetative and Reproductive Growth after Leaf Loss

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Vargas Ortiz, Erandi ^a   Espitia Rangel, Eduardo ^b   Tiessen, Axel ^a   Délano Frier, John Paul ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; NON STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATE; STARCH; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFOLIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAIN; GREENHOUSE; LEAF TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

AMARANTHUS; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBON; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARCH; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS;

EID: 84879812610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067879     Document Type: Article

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