This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Phloem loading in source leaves is a key step for carbon partitioning and passive symplastic loading has been proposed for several tree ...

Gaston A. Pizzio, Julio Paez-Valencia, Aswad S. Khadilkar, Kamesh Regmi, Araceli Patron-Soberano, Shangji Zhang, Jonathan Sanchez-Lares, Tara Furstenau, Jisheng Li ...

Plant researchers have investigated the transport of compounds in maize. They focused on the mechanism used to transport the products of photosynthesis for further distribution in the plant through ...

Maize has a significantly higher productivity rate compared with many other crops. The particular leaf anatomy and special form of photosynthesis (referred to as 'C4') developed during its evolution ...