Physiological and transcriptional analyses of developmental stages along sugarcane leaf.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sugarcane is one of the major crops worldwide. It is cultivated in over 100 countries on 22 million ha. The complex genetic architecture and the lack of a complete genomic sequence in sugarcane hamper the adoption of molecular approaches to study its physiology and to develop new varieties. Investments on the development of new sugarcane varieties have been made to maximize sucrose yield, a trait dependent on photosynthetic capacity. However, detailed studies on sugarcane leaves are scarce. In this work, we report the first molecular and physiological characterization of events taking place along a leaf developmental gradient in sugarcane.

Results

Photosynthetic response to CO2 indicated divergence in photosynthetic capacity based on PEPcase activity, corroborated

SUBMITTER: Mattiello L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4696237 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature