Photosynthate Formation and Partitioning in Crop Plants

A.A. IGLESIAS; F.E. PODESTÁ

Handbook of Photosynthesis, 2nd edition

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group

Lugar: Boca Raton; Año: 2005; p. 525 - 545

CONTENTSI.  Introduction.............................................................................. 525II. Photosynthate Formation and Partitioning in the Leaf ................ 526A. Starch Synthesis and Breakdown.............................................. 526B. Transport of Metabolites across the Chloroplast Envelope ........ 530C. Sucrose Synthesis and Breakdown........................................... 532D. Balance of Carbon Distribution between Sucrose, Starch, and Respiratory Metabolism .. 534III. Transport of Carbon from Sources to Sinks ......................... 535IV. Carbon Partitioning in Sink Tissues ...................................... 536A. Carbon Metabolism in the Cytosol ........................................ 536B. Carbon Metabolism in Amyloplasts ....................................... 538V. Concluding Remarks and Perspectives .................................. 540Acknowledgments ..................................................................... 540References ................................................................................ 540