Pyrophosphate levels strongly influence ascorbate and starch content in tomato fruit

Ascorbate (vitamin C) deficiency leads to low immunity, scurvy, and other human diseases and is therefore a global health problem. Given that plants are major ascorbate sources for humans, biofortification of this vitamin in our foodstuffs is of considerable importance. Ascorbate is synthetized by a...

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Main Authors: Sonia eOsorio, Adriano eNunes-Nesi, Marina eStratmann, Alisdair eFernie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2013.00308/full