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Manipulation of a Senescence-Associated Gene Improves Fleshy Fruit Yield.
Plant physiology - 1 Sept 2017
Lira Bruno S, Gramegna Giovanna, Trench Bruna A, Alves Frederico R R, Silva Eder M, Silva Geraldo F F, Thirumalaikumar Venkatesh P, Lupi Alessandra C D, Demarco Diego, Purgatto Eduardo, Nogueira Fabio T S, Balazadeh Salma, Freschi Luciano, Rossi Magdalena
Abstract excerpt
Senescence is the process that marks the end of a leaf's lifespan. As it progresses, the massive macromolecular catabolism dismantles the chloroplasts and, consequently, decreases the photosynthetic capacity of these organs. Thus, senescence manipulation is a strategy to improve plant yield by extending the leaf's photosynthetically active window of time. However, it remains to be addressed if this approach can...
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