Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

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• MEHMET ŞENBAYRAM

Substantial evidence indicates that amino acid conjugates of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) function in auxin homeostasis, yet the plant enzymes involved in their biosynthesis have not been identified. We tested whether several Arabidopsis thaliana enzymes that are related to the auxin-induced soybean (Glycine max) GH3 ge…

• İSKENDER TİRYAKİ

Drought stress, which causes a decline in quality and quantity of crop yields, has become more accentuated these days due to climatic change. Serious measures need to be taken to increase the tolerance of crop plants to acute drought conditions likely to occur due to global warming. Drought stress causes many physiolo…

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Mineral nutrients taken up by the roots are, as a rule, transported in the xylem to the shoot, and photoassimilates transported in the phloem to the roots. According to the Thornley model of photosynthate partitioning, nutrient deficiencies should favour photosynthate partitioning to the roots. Examples are cited to s…

• İSMAİL ÇAKMAK

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A characteristic feature of grasses and commercially important cereals is the presence of (1,3;1,4)-beta-d-glucans in their cell walls. We have used comparative genomics to link a major quantitative trait locus for (1,3;1,4)-beta-d-glucan content in barley grain to a cluster of cellulose synthase-like CslF genes in ri…

The influence of varied supply of phosphorus (10 and 250 mmol P m−3) potassium (50 and 2010 mmol K m−3) and magnesium (20 and 1000 mmol Mg m−3) on the partitioning of dry matter and carbohydrates (reducing sugars, sucrose and starch) between shoots and roots was studied in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) plants grown in nut…

• İSMAİL ÇAKMAK

Sucrose and its derivatives represent the major transport forms of photosynthetically assimilated carbon in plants. Sucrose synthesized in green leaves is exported via the phloem, the long-distance distribution network for assimilates, to supply nonphotosynthetic organs with energy and carbon resources. Sucrose not on…

The effect of varied phosphorus (10 and 250 mmol P m−3 potassium (50 and 2010 mmol K m−3) and magnesium (20 and 1000 mmol Mg m−3 supply on sucrose, reducing sugars, amino acids, P, K, and Mg in phloem exudate was studied in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) plants over a 12 d growth period in nutrient solution. Phloem exud…

• İSMAİL ÇAKMAK

In leaves, sucrose uptake kinetics involve high- and low-affinity components. A family of low- and high-affinity sucrose transporters (SUT) was identified. SUT1 serves as a high-affinity transporter essential for phloem loading and long-distance transport in solanaceous species. SUT4 is a low-affinity transporter with…

Nitrogen is the only macronutrient that is commonly available to plants in both oxidized and reduced forms, mainly nitrate and ammonium. The physiological and molecular effects of nitrate supply have been well studied, but comparatively little is known about ammonium nutrition and its differential effects on cell func…