
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Moorby, J 
A1  - Munns, R 
A1  - Walcott, J 
T1  - Effect of Water Deficit on Photosynthesis and Tuber Metabolism in Potatoes
JF  - Functional Plant Biology
JO  - Functional Plant Biol.
Y1  - 1975
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
SP  - 323
EP  - 333
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/PP9750323 
N2  - The primary effect of a period of drought on potato plants was to reduce the rate of photosynthesis. Decreases in CO2 uptake could mainly be ascribed to an increase in the residual resistance to CO2 transport. Levels of sugars and of starch-synthesizing enzymes in extracts from tubers of droughted and control plants were similar, and it is likely therefore that the effect of drought on tuber growth is exerted mainly via a reduction in the supply of assimilate. 
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