Plant defence against Botrytis cinerea, a ubiquitous pathogenic fungus, is known to depend upon the mobilisation of sugars which provide energy and carbon skeletons for the production of antifungal compounds. Lecompte...
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GPT2, seedling development and sugar signalling
Dyson et al. study wild-type A. thaliana and a gpt2 T-DNA insertion knockout line, and find that plants lacking GPT2 expression are delayed in seedling establishment, specifically in the process of cotyledon greening...
Ever heard of the Münch pressure flow hypothesis? You have now.
In order to develop, flowers require sugars delivered by the phloem.
AJ Cann