Low source-sink ratio reduces reserve starch in grapevine woody canes and modulates sugar transport and metabolism at transcriptional and enzyme activity levels

• Author(s): Silva, Angélica ; Noronha, Henrique ; Dai, Zhanwu ; Delrot, Serge ; Gerós, H.
• Date: 2017
• Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/46765
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Leaf-cluster ratio; Leaf removal; Starch; Viticulture; Vitis vinifera
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Universidade do Minho

Description

Severe leaf removal decreases storage starch and sucrose in grapevine cv. Cabernet Sauvignon fruiting cuttings and modulates the activity of key enzymes and the expression of sugar transporter genes.