Sucrose metabolism in developing oil-rich tubers of Cyperus esculentus: comparative transcriptome analysis

Abstract Background Cyperus esculentus is unique in that it can accumulate significant amounts of oil, starch and sugar as major storage reserves in tubers with high tuber yield and therefore considered as a novel model to study carbon allocation into different storage reserves in underground sink t...

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Main Authors: Zhenle Yang, Dantong Liu, Hongying Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-018-1363-9