This work focuses on the alterations in soybean root growth and activity during whole plant senescence and the contribution of roots to source-sink relations during plant development. The experiments were designed to analyze the activity of roots in relation to: a) whole plant senescence, b) total pod removal and c) root pruning (15, 25 and 50% of DW) during seed growth stages. Roots can grow until an advanced R5 stage and their specific activity decreases along the reproductive development but whole root activity declines from R6.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis work studied modifications experienced by root mitochondria during whole plant senescence or under light deprivation, using Arabidopsis thaliana plants with YFP tagged to mitochondria. During post-bolting development, root respiratory activity started to decline after aboveground organs (i.e.
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