The pivotal role of phytohormones during fruit development and ripening is considered
established knowledge in plant biology. Perhaps less well-known is the growing body of …

In addition to light and water, CO 2 and mineral elements are required for plant growth and
development. Among these factors, nitrogen is critical, since it is needed to synthesize …

There is currently considerable interest in the prospects for bioengineering crassulacean
acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis–or key elements associated with it, such as …

Photosynthesis is the basis for life, and its optimization is a key biotechnological aim given
the problems of population explosion and environmental deterioration. We describe a …

The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is a crucial component of respiratory metabolism in both
photosynthetic and heterotrophic plant organs. All of the major genes of the tomato TCA …

Contents Summary 670 I. Introduction 671 II. Principle 1–Plant respiration performs three
distinct functions 673 III. Principle 2–Metabolic pathway flexibility underlies plant respiratory …

Plant metabolism drives plant development and plant-environment responses, and data
readouts from this cellular level could provide insights in the underlying molecular …

C4 photosynthesis represents a most remarkable case of convergent evolution of a complex
trait, which includes the reprogramming of the expression patterns of thousands of genes …

The development of high-throughput 'omic techniques has sparked a rising interest in
genome-scale metabolic models, with applications ranging from disease diagnostics to crop …

During photosynthesis, plants fix CO2 from the atmosphere onto ribulose-bisphosphate,
producing 3-phosphoglycerate, which is reduced to triose phosphates (TPs). The TPs are …