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Nighttime starch degradation, the circadian clock, and plant growth
Article By:
Graf, Alexander Department of Plant Biotechnology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
Last reviewed:2013
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1036/1097-8542.YB130050
The steadily rising demand for food and renewable resources has challenged plant breeders and biotechnologists to rapidly increase crop productivity. To realize this goal, a holistic knowledge is required of how plant metabolic pathways are controlled to allow optimal growth. Today, very little is known about the partitioning of photosynthetically assimilated carbon among growth, storage, and respiration. This article describes recent progress in understanding how the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana uses its carbon resources to ensure a continuous energy supply for growth during the night.
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