Mixotrophic orchids do not use photosynthates for perennial underground organs

New Phytol. 2019 Jan;221(1):12-17. doi: 10.1111/nph.15443. Epub 2018 Sep 16.
No abstract available

Keywords: Cephalanthera damasonium; 13C; Neottieae; carbon allocation; isotopic enrichment; partial mycoheterotrophy; photosynthates labelling; starch.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Isotopes / analysis
  • Carbon Isotopes / metabolism
  • Orchidaceae / physiology*
  • Photosynthesis
  • Pigmentation
  • Plant Components, Aerial / physiology
  • Plant Roots / physiology
  • Rhizome / metabolism
  • Starch / chemistry
  • Starch / metabolism*

Substances

  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Starch
  • Carbon-13