The concept that photosynthetic flux is influenced by the accumulation of photo‐assimilate
persisted for 100 years before receiving any strong experimental support. Precise analysis …

Recent advances have provided new insights into how sucrose is moved from sites of
synthesis to sites of utilisation or storage in sink organs. Sucrose transporters play a central …

Wild relatives of crops are an important source of genetic diversity for agriculture, but their
gene repertoire remains largely unexplored. We report the establishment and analysis of a …

Plants transport fixed carbon predominantly as sucrose, which is produced in mesophyll
cells and imported into phloem cells for translocation throughout the plant. It is not known …

Microbial pathogens strategically acquire metabolites from their hosts during infection. Here
we show that the host can intervene to prevent such metabolite loss to pathogens …

The functions of sucrose transporters (SUTs) differ among family members. The
physiological function of SUT1 has been studied intensively, while that of SUT4 in various …

This review deals with aspects of the cellular and molecular biology of the sieve
element/companion cell complex, the functional unit of sieve tubes in angiosperms. It …

Sucrose is the principal product of photosynthesis used for the distribution of assimilated
carbon in plants. Transport mechanisms and efficiency influence photosynthetic productivity …

Sucrose and monosaccharide transporters mediate long distance transport of sugar from
source to sink organs and constitute key components for carbon partitioning at the whole …

Plant growth and carbon metabolism are closely associated since carbohydrate in the form
of sucrose generated by photosynthesis, provides the primary source of building blocks and …