Sucrose is the end product of photosynthesis and the primary sugar transported in the
phloem of most plants. Sucrose synthase (SuSy) is a glycosyl transferase enzyme that plays …

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 …

Flooding is an environmental stress for many natural and man-made ecosystems worldwide.
Genetic diversity in the plant response to flooding includes alterations in architecture …

Plants are very plastic in adapting growth and development to changing adverse
environmental conditions. This feature will be essential for plants to survive climate changes …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

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 …

Triacylglycerols (TAGs) constitute a highly efficient form of energy storage. In seeds of
angiosperms, they can act as a reserve of carbon and energy allowing to fuel post …

Both sorbitol and sucrose are imported into apple fruit from leaves. The metabolism of
sorbitol and sucrose fuels fruit growth and development, and accumulation of sugars in fruit …

Sucrose is a molecule that is synthesized only by oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. In
plants, sucrose is synthesized in source tissues and then can be transported to sink tissues …

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 …