Genome size is strongly linked to carbohydrate storage and weakly linked to root sprouting ability in herbs.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Several lines of evidence indicate that carbohydrate storage in plant below-ground organs might be positively related to genome size because both these plant properties represent resource sinks and can affect cell size, cell cycle time, water-use efficiency and plant growth. However, plants adapted to disturbance, such as root sprouters, could be an exception because their strategy would require higher carbohydrate reserves to fuel biomass production but small genomes to complete their cell cycles faster.

Methods

We used data from a field survey to test the relationship between genome size and the probability of root sprouting ability in 172 Central European herbaceous species. Additionally, we conducted a pot experiment with 19 herbaceous species with di

SUBMITTER: Bitomsky M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10808013 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature