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sink strength: a standalone construct

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sinkstrength1 CONSTRUCTSink strengthHO · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

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Plant physiology

capacity of a sink organ such as a fruit or root to import assimilates, expressed as the product of sink size and sink activity.

In plant physiology, sink strength refers to capacity of a sink organ such as a fruit or root to import assimilates, expressed as the product of sink size and sink activity. This meaning comes from Ho (1988) in Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology.[1]

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References

  1. Ho, L. C. (1988). Metabolism and Compartmentation of Imported Sugars in Sink Organs in Relation to Sink Strength. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology, 39(1), 355-378. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.pp.39.060188.002035

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