Diel oscillations in cell wall components and soluble sugars as a response to short-day in sugarcane (Saccharum sp.).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sugarcane is a tropical crop that can accumulate high concentration of sucrose in the stem as a storage carbohydrate. For that reason, sugarcane accounts for approximately 75% of all the sugar produced in the world and has become the main sugar source to produce first-generation bioethanol in Brazil. Daily rhythms cause plants to adapt and coordinate their metabolism to achieve maximum photosynthesis and carbohydrate production throughout the day. Circadian rhythms arise from the interaction of an internal oscillator and external stimuli, whereas diel rhythms occur in response to a light-dark cycle. Diel signalling contributes to synchronizing circadian rhythms to photoperiods, and levels of carbohydrates oscillate in a diel fashion. Under regular photoperiods, they are

SUBMITTER: Alves LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6533765 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature