Regulation of Assimilatory Starch Metabolism by Cellular Carbohydrate Status

2021 ◽  
pp. 212-234
Author(s):  
Maria Grazia Annunziata ◽  
John Edward Lunn
HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 522c-522
Author(s):  
Anuradha Tatineni ◽  
Sonja L. Maki ◽  
Nihal C. Rajapakse

Interest in the use of non- (or less) chemical methods to reduce the height of ornamental crops has increased tremendously. Manipulation of greenhouse light quality is one alternative for plant growth regulation. We have shown that eliminating far-red light from the greenhouse environment with liquid CuSO4 spectral filters is effective in reducing the height of a wide range of plants though plant carbohydrate status is also altered under CuSO4 filter. In previous studies, application of GA3 reversed both the reduction of plant height and carbohydrate status of CuSO4 spectral filter grown plants. It has been proposed that GAs enhance the activity of the enzyme sucrose phosphate synthase to regulate carbohydrate levels. In the present study the role of exogenously applied GA19, GA1, and GA3 in overcoming the reduction of plant height and carbohydrate levels was investigated. Chrysanthemum plants were treated weekly for 4 weeks with saturating doses of GA19, GA1 and GA3 (25 μg) or the growth retardants paclobutrazol and prohexadione. GA1 was also applied with paclobutrazol and prohexadione to assess whether response to GAs is altered under CuSO4 filter. GA1 and GA3 promoted growth similarly under control or CuSO4 filter. GA19 was least effective in promoting growth under CuSO4 filter. In summary, these results suggest that gibberellin physiology is altered under spectral filters with the conversion of GA19 a possible point of regulation. The correlation between the carbohydrate status and the growth of the plants will be discussed.


Planta ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 147 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Schilling ◽  
P. Dittrich
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Weed Science ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 346-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russ W. Gesch ◽  
Debra Palmquist ◽  
James V. Anderson

Previous evidence indicates that changes in well-defined phases of dormancy in underground adventitious buds of leafy spurge in late summer and autumn are regulated by complex sensing and signaling pathways involving aboveground sugar signals. However, little information exists concerning seasonal photosynthesis and carbohydrate partitioning of leafy spurge, although such information would help to elucidate the involvement of sugar in controlling bud dormancy. An outdoor study was conducted over two growing seasons to determine and model seasonal patterns of photosynthesis and aboveground carbohydrate partitioning and their relationship to underground adventitious bud carbohydrate status. Photosynthesis and total nonstructural carbohydrate (TNC) content of aboveground tissues was greatest during vegetative growth. Photosynthesis gradually declined over the growing season, whereas TNC decreased sharply during flowering, followed by a gradual decline between midsummer and autumn. Leaf starch increased dramatically to midsummer before declining sharply throughout late summer and early autumn, whereas sucrose content responded inversely, indicating a mobilization of starch reserves and export of sugars to overwintering belowground sink tissues. Because newly formed underground adventitious buds showed a continuous increase in TNC from midsummer through autumn, export of sugars from aboveground tissues likely contributed to the increase in TNC. These results may facilitate new strategies for biological control of leafy spurge.


2002 ◽  
Vol 159 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Cairns ◽  
Alan Cookson ◽  
Barry J. Thomas ◽  
Lesley B. Turner

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