Understanding and manipulating sucrose phloem loading, unloading, metabolism, and signalling to enhance crop yield and food security

Leaf Fructose Content Is Controlled by the Vacuolar Transporter SWEET17 in Arabidopsis

(2013) Fabien Chardon et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Rice versus Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae: a unique pathosystem

(2013) Haitao Zhang et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Rice MtN3/Saliva/SWEET Family Genes and Their Homologs in Cellular Organisms

(2013) Meng Yuan et al.   Molecular Plant

Five phylogenetically close riceSWEETgenes confer TAL effector-mediated susceptibility toXanthomonas oryzaepv.oryzae

(2013) Jana Streubel et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Overexpression of the Trehalase Gene AtTRE1 Leads to Increased Drought Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis and Is Involved in Abscisic Acid-Induced Stomatal Closure

(2013) H. Van Houtte et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Understanding the Role of Defective Invertases in Plants: Tobacco Nin88 Fails to Degrade Sucrose

(2013) K. Le Roy et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Functional role of oligomerization for bacterial and plant SWEET sugar transporter family

(2013) Y. H. Xuan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Regulation of Flowering by Trehalose-6-Phosphate Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2013) V. Wahl et al.   SCIENCE

Functionally Important Amino Acids in Rice Sucrose Transporter OsSUT1

(2012) Ye Sun et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The Maize Leaf Starch Mutation Has Diminished Field Growth and Productivity

(2012) Alanna J. Schlosser et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Non-structural carbohydrate partitioning in grass stems: a target to increase yield stability, stress tolerance, and biofuel production

(2012) T. L. Slewinski   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Signaling Role of Sucrose Metabolism in Development

(2012) Yong-Ling Ruan   Molecular Plant

SWEET as Sugar: New Sucrose Effluxers in Plants

(2012) R. Frank Baker et al.   Molecular Plant

The Medicago truncatula Sucrose Transporter Family: Characterization and Implication of Key Members in Carbon Partitioning towards Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

(2012) Joan Doidy et al.   Molecular Plant

How Do Sugars Regulate Plant Growth and Development? New Insight into the Role of Trehalose-6-Phosphate

(2012) Liam E. O’Hara et al.   Molecular Plant

The mechanism of phloem loading in rice (Oryza sativa)

(2012) Joon-Seob Eom et al.   MOLECULES AND CELLS

High-efficiency TALEN-based gene editing produces disease-resistant rice

(2012) Ting Li et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Trehalose 6-Phosphate Is Required for the Onset of Leaf Senescence Associated with High Carbon Availability

(2012) A. Wingler et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Tie-dyed2 Encodes a Callose Synthase That Functions in Vein Development and Affects Symplastic Trafficking within the Phloem of Maize Leaves

(2012) T. L. Slewinski et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

In Vivo Quantification of Cell Coupling in Plants with Different Phloem-Loading Strategies

(2012) J. Liesche et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

SWEET! The Pathway Is Complete

(2012) D. M. Braun   SCIENCE

Molecular regulation of seed and fruit set

(2012) Yong-Ling Ruan et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Plant Sucrose Transporters from a Biophysical Point of View

(2011) Dietmar Geiger   Molecular Plant

Diverse Functional Roles of Monosaccharide Transporters and their Homologs in Vascular Plants: A Physiological Perspective

(2011) Thomas L. Slewinski   Molecular Plant

Membrane-Transport Systems for Sucrose in Relation to Whole-Plant Carbon Partitioning

(2011) Brian G. Ayre   Molecular Plant

Overexpression of a Potato Sucrose Synthase Gene in Cotton Accelerates Leaf Expansion, Reduces Seed Abortion, and Enhances Fiber Production

(2011) Shou-Min Xu et al.   Molecular Plant

Colonization of Rice Leaf Blades by an African Strain of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Depends on a New TAL Effector That Induces the Rice Nodulin-3 Os11N3 Gene

(2011) Yanhua Yu et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Vacuoles release sucrose via tonoplast-localised SUC4-type transporters

(2011) S. Schneider et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Malate Plays a Crucial Role in Starch Metabolism, Ripening, and Soluble Solid Content of Tomato Fruit and Affects Postharvest Softening

(2011) Danilo C. Centeno et al.   PLANT CELL

Phloem unloading follows an extensive apoplasmic pathway in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) fruit from anthesis to marketable maturing stage

(2011) LIPING HU et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

A paralog of the MtN3/saliva family recessively confers race-specific resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae in rice

(2011) QINSONG LIU et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Sucrose transporter plays a role in phloem loading in CMV-infected melon plants that are defined as symplastic loaders

(2011) Lidor Gil et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Wheat Grain Development Is Characterized by Remarkable Trehalose 6-Phosphate Accumulation Pregrain Filling: Tissue Distribution and Relationship to SNF1-Related Protein Kinase1 Activity

(2011) E. Martinez-Barajas et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Impaired Function of the Tonoplast-Localized Sucrose Transporter in Rice, OsSUT2 , Limits the Transport of Vacuolar Reserve Sucrose and Affects Plant Growth

(2011) Joon-Seob Eom et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Altering Trehalose-6-Phosphate Content in Transgenic Potato Tubers Affects Tuber Growth and Alters Responsiveness to Hormones during Sprouting

(2011) S. Debast et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Overexpression of the trehalose-6-phosphate synthase gene OsTPS1 enhances abiotic stress tolerance in rice

(2011) Hao-Wen Li et al.   PLANTA

Sucrose synthase activity in the sus1/sus2/sus3/sus4 Arabidopsis mutant is sufficient to support normal cellulose and starch production

(2011) E. Baroja-Fernandez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sucrose Efflux Mediated by SWEET Proteins as a Key Step for Phloem Transport

(2011) L.-Q. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

The Psychedelic Genes of Maize Redundantly Promote Carbohydrate Export From Leaves

(2010) T. L. Slewinski et al.   GENETICS

Disruption of a gene for rice sucrose transporter, OsSUT1, impairs pollen function but pollen maturation is unaffected

(2010) Tatsuro Hirose et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Functional Characterization and RNAi-Mediated Suppression Reveals Roles for Hexose Transporters in Sugar Accumulation by Tomato Fruit

(2010) David W. McCurdy et al.   Molecular Plant

Sugar Input, Metabolism, and Signaling Mediated by Invertase: Roles in Development, Yield Potential, and Response to Drought and Heat

(2010) Yong-Ling Ruan et al.   Molecular Plant

Sugar transporters for intercellular exchange and nutrition of pathogens

(2010) Li-Qing Chen et al.   NATURE

The Predominance of the Apoplasmic Phloem-unloading Pathway is Interrupted by a Symplasmic Pathway During Chinese Jujube Fruit Development

(2010) Peixian Nie et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

The Bacterial PathogenXanthomonas oryzaeOvercomes Rice Defenses by Regulating Host Copper Redistribution

(2010) Meng Yuan et al.   PLANT CELL

Rice xa13 Recessive Resistance to Bacterial Blight Is Defeated by Induction of the Disease Susceptibility Gene Os-11N3

(2010) G. Antony et al.   PLANT CELL

The sucrose transporter family in Populus: the importance of a tonoplast PtaSUT4 to biomass and carbon partitioning

(2010) Raja S. Payyavula et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Increased Activity of the Vacuolar Monosaccharide Transporter TMT1 Alters Cellular Sugar Partitioning, Sugar Signaling, and Seed Yield in Arabidopsis

(2010) K. Wingenter et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Sugar Levels Regulate Tryptophan-Dependent Auxin Biosynthesis in Developing Maize Kernels

(2010) S. LeClere et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Evidence That High Activity of Vacuolar Invertase Is Required for Cotton Fiber and Arabidopsis Root Elongation through Osmotic Dependent and Independent Pathways, Respectively

(2010) L. Wang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Suppression of the Vacuolar Invertase Gene Prevents Cold-Induced Sweetening in Potato

(2010) P. B. Bhaskar et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Current perspectives on the regulation of whole-plant carbohydrate partitioning

(2010) Thomas L. Slewinski et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Over-expression of AGPase genes enhances seed weight and starch content in transgenic maize

(2010) Ning Li et al.   PLANTA

A dual switch in phloem unloading during ovule development in Arabidopsis

(2010) Dagmar Werner et al.   PROTOPLASMA

Radically Rethinking Agriculture for the 21st Century

(2010) N. V. Fedoroff et al.   SCIENCE

Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People

(2010) H. C. J. Godfray et al.   SCIENCE

Biochemistry and Genetics of Starch Synthesis

(2010) Peter L. Keeling et al.   Annual Review of Food Science and Technology

Evidence for functional heterogeneity of sieve element–companion cell complexes in minor vein phloem of Alonsoa meridionalis

(2009) Olga V. Voitsekhovskaja et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Sucrose transporter1 functions in phloem loading in maize leaves

(2009) Thomas L. Slewinski et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Camouflage Patterning in Maize Leaves Results from a Defect in Porphobilinogen Deaminase

(2009) Mingshu Huang et al.   Molecular Plant

Food security: contributions from science to a new and greener revolution

(2009) J. Beddington   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Transport Activity of Rice Sucrose Transporters OsSUT1 and OsSUT5

(2009) Y. Sun et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Activation of Sucrose Transport in Defoliated Lolium perenne L.: An Example of Apoplastic Phloem Loading Plasticity

(2009) A. Berthier et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Posttranslational Elevation of Cell Wall Invertase Activity by Silencing Its Inhibitor in Tomato Delays Leaf Senescence and Increases Seed Weight and Fruit Hexose Level

(2009) Y. Jin et al.   PLANT CELL

Subcellular Flux Analysis of Central Metabolism in a Heterotrophic Arabidopsis Cell Suspension Using Steady-State Stable Isotope Labeling

(2009) S. K. Masakapalli et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Genetic Control of Carbon Partitioning in Grasses: Roles of Sucrose Transporters and Tie-dyed Loci in Phloem Loading

(2009) D. M. Braun et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Inhibition of SNF1-Related Protein Kinase1 Activity and Regulation of Metabolic Pathways by Trehalose-6-Phosphate

(2009) Y. Zhang et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

RNA Interference of LIN5 in Tomato Confirms Its Role in Controlling Brix Content, Uncovers the Influence of Sugars on the Levels of Fruit Hormones, and Demonstrates the Importance of Sucrose Cleavage for Normal Fruit Development and Fertility

(2009) M. I. Zanor et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Normal growth of Arabidopsis requires cytosolic invertase but not sucrose synthase

(2009) D. H. P. Barratt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sucrose synthase affects carbon partitioning to increase cellulose production and altered cell wall ultrastructure

(2009) H. D. Coleman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A comprehensive picture of phloem loading strategies

(2009) E. A. Rennie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Downregulating the sucrose transporter VpSUT1 in Verbascum phoeniceum does not inhibit phloem loading

(2009) C. Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A xylem sap retrieval pathway in rice leaf blades: evidence of a role for endocytosis?

(2008) C. E. J. Botha et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Determining the Role of Tie-dyed1 in Starch Metabolism: Epistasis Analysis with a Maize ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Mutant Lacking Leaf Starch

(2008) T. L. Slewinski et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Trehalose Biosynthesis in Response to Abiotic Stresses

(2008) Mihaela Iordachescu et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Control of rice grain-filling and yield by a gene with a potential signature of domestication

(2008) Ertao Wang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Functional analysis of LjSUT4, a vacuolar sucrose transporter from Lotus japonicus

(2008) Anke Reinders et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

RUPTURED POLLEN GRAIN1, a Member of the MtN3/saliva Gene Family, Is Crucial for Exine Pattern Formation and Cell Integrity of Microspores in Arabidopsis

(2008) Y.-F. Guan et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

RNA Interference-Mediated Repression of Cell Wall Invertase Impairs Defense in Source Leaves of Tobacco

(2008) J. Essmann et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Cell Wall-Bound Invertase Limits Sucrose Export and Is Involved in Symptom Development and Inhibition of Photosynthesis during Compatible Interaction between Tomato and Xanthomonas campestris pv vesicatoria

(2008) N. Kocal et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY