Allocation of Resources to Cyanogenic Glucosides Does Not Incur a Growth Sacrifice in <i>Sorghum bicolor</i> (L.) Moench

In plants, the production of secondary metabolites is considered to be at the expense of primary growth. Sorghum produces a cyanogenic glycoside (dhurrin) that is believed to act as its chemical defence. Studies have shown that acyanogenic plants are smaller in size compared to the wildtype. This st...

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Main Authors: Muhammad N. Sohail, Cecilia K. Blomstedt, Roslyn M. Gleadow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
Series:Plants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/12/1791