Sucrose metabolism plays pivotal roles in development, stress response, and yield
formation, mainly by generating a range of sugars as metabolites to fuel growth and …

In addition to its role in water and nutrient uptake, the root system is fundamentally important
because it anchors a plant to its substrate. Although a wide variety of root systems exist …

To understand the underlying mechanism for plasticity in root to shoot ratio (R/S) in
response to drought stress, two rice cultivars, Zhenshan97 (drought susceptible) and …

Invertase (INV) hydrolyzes sucrose into glucose and fructose, thereby playing key roles in
primary metabolism and plant development. Based on their pH optima and sub-cellular …

In higher plants, invertases hydrolyze sucrose (Suc), the major end product of
photosynthesis, into glucose (Glc) and fructose (Fru), which are used as nutrients, energy …

All plant cells are surrounded by a cell wall that determines the directionality of cell growth
and protects the cell against its environment. Plant cell walls are comprised primarily of …

Abiotic stresses increasingly curtail crop yield as a result of global climate change and
scarcity of water and nutrients. One way to minimize the negative impact of these factors on …

The improvement of crop yield has been possible through the indirect manipulation of
quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that control heritable variability of the traits and physiological …

The root system is fundamentally important for plant growth and survival because of its role
in water and nutrient uptake. Therefore, plants rely on modulation of root system architecture …

The entry of carbon from sucrose into cellular metabolism in plants can potentially be
catalyzed by either sucrose synthase (SUS) or invertase (INV). These 2 routes have different …