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Title: High CO sub 2 concentration alters carbohydrate partitioning in favor of shoots in tomato

Conference · · Plant Physiology, Supplement; (United States)
OSTI ID:5559391
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  1. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh (United States)

Two tomato cultivars were grown under ambient (350 {mu}1 1{sup {minus}1})or elevated (1,000 {mu}1 1{sup {minus}1}) levels of CO{sub 2} for 15 weeks. Stem and leaf dry biomass was significantly increased under high CO{sub 2} conditions, whereas there was no difference in root biomass in either cultivar. Carbon exchange rate was not enhanced by high CO{sub 2} after an initial increase. Leaf starch was dramatically increased in the high CO{sub 2}-grown plants, along with significant increases in leaf hexose and sucrose. There were no differences in stem or root carbohydrate concentrations between CO{sub 2} treatments. Partitioning of carbohydrates was thus altered in favor of above ground biomass at the expense of roots under conditions of high CO{sub 2}. Leaf nitrogen concentrations are decreased in the high CO{sub 2}-grown plants, indicating that the lack of partitioning to roots may have detrimental effects on leaf photosynthetic capacity. Fruit size and number were increased at high CO{sub 2}, with the enlarged fruit being potential sinks for nutrients and carbohydrates at the expense of roots.

OSTI ID:
5559391
Report Number(s):
CONF-9107184-; CODEN: PPYSA
Journal Information:
Plant Physiology, Supplement; (United States), Vol. 96:1; Conference: Annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Physiology, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 28 Jul - 1 Aug 1991; ISSN 0079-2241
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English