Effective Metabolic Carbon Utilization and Shoot-to-Root Partitioning Modulate Distinctive Yield in High Yielding Cassava Variety.

ABSTRACT: Increasing cassava production could mitigate one of the global food insecurity challenges by providing a sustainable food source. To improve the yield potential, physiological strategies (i.e., the photosynthetic efficiency, source-to-sink carbon partitioning, and intracellular carbon metabolism) can be applied in breeding to screen for superior genotypes. However, the influences of source-to-sink carbon partitioning and carbon metabolism on the storage root development of cassava are relatively little understood. We hypothesized that carbon partitioning and utilization vary modulating the distinctive storage root yields of high and low-yielding cassava varieties, represented in this study by varieties Kasetsart 50 (KU50) and Hanatee (HN), respectively. Plant growth, photosynthesis measure

SUBMITTER: Chiewchankaset P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8888839 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature