You are receiving this e-mail because you subscribed to our seminars announcements and reminders service at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] . '' Transporter function in photoassimilate partitioning and importance for plant performance '' Prof Mechthild Tegeder School of Biological Sciences Washington State University USA Tuesday, May 30, 2023 14:00 Plant growth and development largely depend on the long-distance transport of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur assimilates from photosynthetically-active source leaves to sinks. Sucrose represents the main transport form of carbon, while amino acids are the dominant organic nitrogen and sulfur transport compounds in most plants. Leaf-to-seed allocation of photoassimilates occurs via the phloem and requires loading of the metabolites into the leaf phloem and, at the sink end, their import into the growing embryo. Our research concerns the identification and characterization of key transport processes regulating assimilate partitioning in Arabidopsis and legumes (i.e., pea and soybean) and understanding of their importance for source to sink physiology. Data will be presented demonstrating that cellular transport systems are fundamental in nitrogen, sulfur, and carbon movement from cell to whole plant level and that their function is essential in controlling metabolism and development of source and sink. Jozef Schell seminar room Technologiepark 71 - 9052 Invited by Prof Dirk Inzé and Prof Geert De Jaeger If you do not wish to receive this information anymore, please unsubscribe from future mailings at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] Genome editing, cutting-edge technology for a sustainable agriculture VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology Ghent University Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 71 9052 Ghent-Belgium Phone: +32(0)9 331 38 00 [ http://www.psb.vib-ugent.be/ | https://www.psb.ugent.be/ ]
