{"title":"Sugar Metabolism in Stolon Tips of Potato during Early Tuberisation","authors":"H.V. Davies","doi":"10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80094-X","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Tuberisation in potato is accompanied by a substantial decrease in both total and reducing sugar levels in the stolon tip. There is a negative relationship between tuber growth and the ratio of reducing sugars : sucrose. However, a positive and statistically significant correlation exists between the ratio of glucose : fructose and the degree of tuberisation as determined by fresh weight measurement. This change in metabolism is confirmed by a pulse chase study using <sup>14</sup>CO<sub>2</sub>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23797,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","volume":"113 5","pages":"Pages 377-381"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1984-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0044-328X(84)80094-X","citationCount":"27","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0044328X8480094X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Tuberisation in potato is accompanied by a substantial decrease in both total and reducing sugar levels in the stolon tip. There is a negative relationship between tuber growth and the ratio of reducing sugars : sucrose. However, a positive and statistically significant correlation exists between the ratio of glucose : fructose and the degree of tuberisation as determined by fresh weight measurement. This change in metabolism is confirmed by a pulse chase study using 14CO2.