Sucrose-induced stomatal closure is conserved across evolution.

As plants evolved to function on land, they developed stomata for effective gas exchange, for photosynthesis and for controlling water loss. We have recently shown that sugars, as the end product of photosynthesis, close the stomata of various angiosperm species, to coordinate sugar production with...

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Main Authors: Jayaram Kottapalli, Rakefet David-Schwartz, Belal Khamaisi, Danja Brandsma, Nitsan Lugassi, Aiman Egbaria, Gilor Kelly, David Granot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6185732?pdf=render