2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Studies on sink activity-controlling mechanisms in sweet potato production.
| Project/Area Number |
10460010
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
作物学
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| Research Institution | KTYUSHU UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
KUBOTA Fumitake Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Resources, KTYUSHU UNIVERSITY, Professor, 大学院・農学研究院, 教授 (50136602)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1998 – 2000
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| Keywords | AGPase / Tuber production / Sweet potato / Glucose / Sink / Sucrose / Source |
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| Research Abstract |
It has been known that the genetic improvement of sink activity is essential to get a large enhancement of sweet potato yield. The endogenous injection of sucrose solution into plants was tried here to elucidate the effect on increasing the activity of enzymes such as AGPase included in starch synthesis process in roots and improving root productivity. The injections of glucose and fructose solutions were also effective. The distribution of injected sugar or carbon to plant organs was surveyed using a ^<13>C analyzer purchased by this grant-in-aid. This survey gave such an understanding in sink-source relationship that the increase of sugar concentration became a trigger to increase the activity of enzyme and sink organ, and this caused an increase in leaf photosynthesis with a final result of increase of starch production in roots. This finding may indicate a new viewpoint in the analysis of sink-source relationship and provide fundamental information in physiological and genetic control of enzyme activity in sweet potato and other many crops.
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Research Products
(8 results)
