Vernalization alters sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) sink and source identities and reverses phloem translocation from taproots to shoots
C. Martins Rodrigues, C. Müdsam, I. Keller, W. Zierer, O. Czarnecki, J. M. Corral, F. Reinhardt, P. Nieberl, F. Sommer, M. Schroda, T. Mühlhaus, K. Harms, U.-I. Flügge, W. Koch, F. Ludewig, , B. Pommerrenig
This study shows vernalization in sugar beets reverses sink-source dynamics by altering phloem translocation and gene expression, leading to sugar remobilization from taproots to shoots.
bioRxiv · Jan 28, 2020Plant Biology