Whole shoot mineral partitioning and accumulation in pea (Pisum sativum).

ABSTRACT: Several grain legumes are staple food crops that are important sources of minerals for humans; unfortunately, our knowledge is incomplete with respect to the mechanisms of translocation of these minerals to the vegetative tissues and loading into seeds. Understanding the mechanism and partitioning of minerals in pea could help in developing cultivars with high mineral density. A mineral partitioning study was conducted in pea to assess whole-plant growth and mineral content and the potential source-sink remobilization of different minerals, especially during seed development. Shoot and root mineral content increased for all the minerals, although tissue-specific partitioning differed between the minerals. Net remobilization was observed for P, S, Cu, and Fe from both the vegetative tissues

SUBMITTER: Sankaran RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4006064 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature