Abstract
Coordination of development with the availability of nutrients, such as soluble sugars, may help ensure an adequate supply of building materials and energy with which to carry out specific developmental programs. For example, in-vivo and in-vitro experiments suggest that increasing sugar levels delay seed germination and stimulate the induction of flowering and senescence in at least some plant species. Higher sugar concentrations can also increase the number of tubers formed by potatoes and can stimulate the formation of adventitious roots by Arabidopsis. New insights into the mechanisms by which sugar-response pathways interact with other response pathways have been provided by microarray experiments examining sugar-regulated gene expression under different light and nitrogen conditions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 93-102 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Current Opinion in Plant Biology |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2005 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Research in the author's laboratory in this area is supported by the Energy Biosciences Program of the US Department of Energy.
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