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Sunflower: a potential fructan-bearing crop?

Giselle M A Martínez-Noël1, Guillermo A A Dosio2, Andrea F Puebla3

  • 1Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Biotecnología-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Frontiers in Plant Science
|November 4, 2015
PubMed
Summary

Sunflower stems store few reserves, impacting yield during drought. Research suggests sunflower may have potential to store fructans, improving drought resilience and grain yield stability.

Keywords:
1-FFT1-SSTfructan regulationsucrosesunflower

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