). Transport of sugars and amino compounds in the phloem is accomplished by osmotically generated hydrostatic pressure differences between the source and sink ( Lalonde et al., 2003 ). Adequate K favors phloem loading by improving adenosine triphosphate
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Michael W. Smith, Charles T. Rohla, and Niels O. Maness
Yosef Burger and Arthur A. Schaffer
translocated from the source to fruit sink in the Cucurbitaceae family, including Cucumis melo ( Chrost and Schmitz, 1997 ; Mitchell et al., 1992 ). The near absence of raffinose and stachyose in the melon fruit flesh points to the rapid hydrolysis and
Hans-Peter Kläring and Angela Schmidt
cucumber do not consider daily temperature variations ( Augustin, 1984 ; Marcelis, 1994a ). One likely reason is that these models estimate fruit growth on the basis of daily sink/source relations. The source here is the assimilate pool recharged by
Yongqiang Qian, Deying Li, Lei Han, and Zhenyuan Sun
defined as a process of redistribution of assimilated resources among the interconnected ramets according to source-sink relationships ( Forde, 1966 ; Kaitaniemi and Honkanen, 1996 ; Marshall, 1990 ). Physiological integration is an important means by
ZhaoSen Xie, Charles F. Forney, WenPing Xu, and ShiPing Wang
organization based on source-sink relationship: New findings on developmental, biochemical and molecular responses to environment 263 280 Roubelakis-Angelakis K.A. Molecular biology & biotechnology of grapevine Kluwer Academic Publishers
Bielinski M. Santos
, transport of photoassimilates from source tissues via the phloem to sink tissues, and stress tolerance ( Doman and Geiger, 1979 ; Marschner, 1995 ; Pettigrew, 2008 ; Usherwood, 1985 ). Deficiencies of K are associated with a number of economically
Shijian Zhuang, Letizia Tozzini, Alan Green, Dana Acimovic, G. Stanley Howell, Simone D. Castellarin, and Paolo Sabbatini
(2005) posit that the lack of a direct causal relationship between the source-to-sink ratio and accumulation of TSS makes this difficult to assess and forecast. Indeed, we did not find a difference on basic fruit chemistry at harvest in the 2 years and
Gerardo Lopez, Romeo R. Favreau, Colin Smith, and Theodore M. DeJong
( Costes et al., 2008 ). But L-PEACH is the first model to simulate growth and carbon source–sink relationships within the architectural framework of a peach tree over multiple years. Moreover, L-systems allow multiple interactions with the model
Adolfo Rosati, Andrea Paoletti, Giorgio Pannelli, and Franco Famiani
causality. It is possible that inherently low vigor reduces growth and sink demand for vegetation, leaving more sources available for fruit set and reproductive growth. In fact, many studies show that reducing vigor, by dwarfing rootstock ( Avery, 1970
Timothy L. Righetti, Carmo Vasconcelos, David R. Sandrock, Samuel Ortega-Farias, Yerko Moreno, and Francisco J. Meza
evaluated citations in the “Photosynthesis—Source–Sink Physiology” subsection of the Journal of the American Society of Horticultural Science for 2003 and 2004, we found that all of the published papers had per-leaf-area expressions in tables or figures