PMID- 33873403 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210420 IS - 1469-8137 (Electronic) IS - 0028-646X (Linking) VI - 157 IP - 3 DP - 2003 Mar TI - Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi differentially affect expression of genes coding for sucrose synthases in maize roots. PG - 539-545 LID - 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00692.x [doi] AB - * The effects of three arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal isolates on the expression of genes coding for sucrose synthase and on the nonstructural carbohydrate (CHO) status of maize roots were evaluated. Gene expression and CHOs were compared with their status in nonmycorrhizal plants grown at three soil phosphorus (P) concentrations. * The AM fungi and soil P supply influenced expression of genes coding for sucrose synthase in maize roots. In general, up to 18 d after plant emergence, AM colonization increased the expression of genes coding for sucrose synthase in maize roots, whereas increasing soil P decreased this gene expression. The responses in gene expression were detected earlier than other effects of AM fungal colonization, such as increased leaf P status and plant growth response under limiting P supply. * Higher sucrose-synthase gene expression was not related to the concentration of sucrose, reducing sugars or starch in the root tissue. * Higher gene expression in AM roots confirms that there is greater allocation of sucrose from nonstructural CHO pools in roots for the AM fungus during the earliest phase of colonization than in nonmycorrhizal roots. FAU - Ravnskov, Sabine AU - Ravnskov S AD - Department of Crop Protection, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Flakkebjerg DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark. FAU - Wu, Yong AU - Wu Y AD - Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Lake Alfred, Florida 33850, USA. FAU - Graham, James H AU - Graham JH AD - Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Lake Alfred, Florida 33850, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - New Phytol JT - The New phytologist JID - 9882884 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi OT - carbon pools OT - gene expression OT - maize (Zea mays) OT - sucrose synthase EDAT- 2003/03/01 00:00 MHDA- 2003/03/01 00:01 CRDT- 2021/04/20 01:03 PHST- 2021/04/20 01:03 [entrez] PHST- 2003/03/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/03/01 00:01 [medline] AID - 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00692.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - New Phytol. 2003 Mar;157(3):539-545. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00692.x.