Distribution of acid invertase in the tomato plant |
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Authors: | Kenneth Manning George A Maw |
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Institution: | Glasshouse Crops Research Institute, Littlehampton, Sussex BN16 3PU, England |
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Abstract: | Acid invertase activity in Lycopersicon esculentum was highest in the locular wall of ripe fruit and lowest in roots. Activity was greater in leaf laminae than in petiole tissue and increased with leaf age, whereas there was more invertase in the upper part of the stem compared with the older portion. Activity in whole fruit increased with increasing ripeness and was greatest in overripe fruit. Of various tissues from a number of wild tomato species examined, the fruit of L. pimpinellifolium were particularly rich in the enzyme, in contrast to the fruit of L. hirsutum, L. hirsutum, var. glabratum and L. peruvianum which had low activity. |
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Keywords: | Solanaceae tomato acid invertase fruit ripening wild species |
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