Temporal and Spatial Variations of Carbohydrate Content in Rice Leaf Sheath and Their Varietal Differences

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  • Yan He Hai
    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo
  • Koike Michiko
    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo
  • Ishimaru Tsutomu
    National Institute of Crop Science
  • Ohsugi Ryu
    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo
  • Yamagishi Tohru
    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo

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Abstract

In rice plant, carbohydrates accumulated in leaf sheaths before heading are translocated to grain and affect yield formation greatly. To clarify the intrinsic mechanism of carbohydrate metabolism in the leaf sheath, we investigated the temporal and spatial variations of carbohydrate metabolism in the third leaf sheath counted from the top and their varietal differences. The results revealed that the amount of carbohydrate decreased from the base to the tip of the leaf sheath, irrespective of variety and developmental stage. However, the proportion of starch content in the basal one-fifth of the leaf sheath to that in the whole sheath varied from 35% to 60% with the variety. Comparing the activities of enzymes related to starch metabolism at the base, middle and tip of the leaf sheath in IR65598-112-2 (New plant type) with those in Nipponbare, the activities of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, branching enzyme and granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS) showed varietal differences. Particularly, the activity of GBSS may play an important role in the varietal difference in spatial variation of starch content in the leaf sheath. In IR65598-112-2, the sucrose content in the leaf sheath was extremely high, suggesting that sucrose may be one of the carbohydrate reserves in this line.

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