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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2016

Suboptimal Light Conditions Influence Source-Sink Metabolism during Flowering.

Annelies Christiaens, Ellen De Keyser, Els Pauwels, Jan De Riek, Bruno Gobin, Marie-Christine Van Labeke

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Annelies ChristiaensDepartment of Plant Production, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent UniversityGhent, Belgium; PCS Ornamental Plant ResearchDestelbergen, Belgium.
Ellen De KeyserPlant Sciences Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research Melle, Belgium.
Els PauwelsPCS Ornamental Plant Research Destelbergen, Belgium.
Jan De RiekPlant Sciences Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research Melle, Belgium.
Bruno GobinPCS Ornamental Plant Research Destelbergen, Belgium.
Marie-Christine Van LabekeDepartment of Plant Production, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University Ghent, Belgium.
Ghent University · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reliance on carbohydrates during flower forcing was investigated in one early and one late flowering cultivar of azalea (Rhododendron simsii hybrids). Carbohydrate accumulation, invertase activity, and expression of a purported sucrose synthase gene (RsSUS) was monitored during flower forcing under suboptimal (natural) and optimal (supplemental light) light conditions, after a cold treatment (7°C + dark) to break flower bud dormancy. Post-production sucrose metabolism and flowering quality was also assessed. Glucose and fructose concentrations and invertase activity increased in petals during flowering, while sucrose decreased. In suboptimal light conditions RsSUS expression in leaves increased as compared to optimal light conditions, indicating that plants in suboptimal light conditions have a strong demand for carbohydrates. However, carbohydrates in leaves were markedly lower in suboptimal light conditions compared to optimal light conditions. This resulted in poor flowering of plants in suboptimal light conditions. Post-production flowering relied on the stored leaf carbon, which could be accumulated under optimal light conditions in the greenhouse. These results show that flower opening in azalea relies on carbohydrates imported from leaves and is source-limiting under suboptimal light conditions.

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azaleafloweringinvertaseRhododendron simsiisource-sinksucrose synthasesupplemental light

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PMID26973689
PMCPMC4776122
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