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Towards better understanding of assimilate transfer and phloem loading in conifer trees

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: High-resolution SIMS imaging can reveal the function of temporary starch stores in the needles of conifers to transfer carbon from assimilating to exporting tissues, under conditions of limited water availability.

Source: Journal of Experimental Botany

DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erag016

Authors: Pierre Vollenweider, Carlo di Bello, Nathalie Valle, Marco M Lehmann, Matthias Saurer, Arthur Gessler, Stanislaus J Schymanski

Institutions: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, University of Luxembourg

Language: English

Topic: Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,341

Funders: National Science Foundation, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

Awards: From assimilates towards tree-rings – Triple isotope analysis of carbohydrates (TreeCarbo), IN SItu tracking of water fluxes in Forest ecosystems through novel high-resolution monitoring of stable water isotopes (INSIghtForest), microC-flux: Short-term carbon fluxes within foliage tissues of drought-tolerant conifers, Unraveling interactions of climate and N dynamics in European forest ecosystems (UnICaN)

OpenAlex ID: W7125525481

FWCI: 3.266

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