Carbon starvation causes gradual tissue die-back in seedlings of Populus tremuloides, beginning long before carbohydrate reserves are depleted. When tissues die, starch is depleted, but substantial levels of sugars –… Click to show full abstract
Carbon starvation causes gradual tissue die-back in seedlings of Populus tremuloides, beginning long before carbohydrate reserves are depleted. When tissues die, starch is depleted, but substantial levels of sugars – which vary between organs – can still remain.
               
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