Find more facts and information on our topic page about
tuber
tuber
tuber In plants, the short, swollen, sometimes edible underground stem, modified for the storage of food, as in the potato, or as a swollen root (for example, dahlia). They enable the plant to survive an adverse season (winter or dry season), providing food for the later development of new shoots and roots.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Tuber physiology and properties of starch form tubers of transgenic potato plants with altered plastidic adenylate transporter activity
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Tuber Physiology and...of Starch from Tubers of Transgenic Potato...in more detail. Tuber tissues from antisense...the wild type. Tubers from antisense...tuberosum cv Desiree) tubers (for review see...the cytosol of tuber parenchyma cells...
|
|
Manipulating stem number, tuber set, and yield relationships for northern- and southern-grown potato seed lots.
Magazine article from: Crop Science; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...mainstems, increased tuber set, smaller tubers, and earlier foliar...Russet Burbank seed-tubers to physiological...on stem number/tuber set relationships...Aging of Seed-Tubers For both cultivars...sources, seven seed-tuber ages were created...
|
|
|
Ocatin. A novel tuber storage protein from the Andean tuber crop oca with antibacterial and antifungal activities
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the total soluble oca tuber proteins, has an apparent...to be found only in tubers and is accumulated...layers (peel) of the tuber as it develops. Ocatin...on different oca tuber morphotypes showed that oca tubers can be a potential...
|
 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
|
In the spring, plant dahlia tubers saved over winter.(Home & Garden)(Ask a master gardener)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 10/30/2005; 700+ words
; ...work around the tuber clusters. Start...avoid damaging the tubers that may have...containers with type of tuber, quantity and date. - Store the tubers away from light...one pot for each tuber clump you are planting. Plant the tubers 3 to 4 inches...
|
|
|
Multiple signaling pathways control tuber induction in potato
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...day(s). Potatoes (tubers of Solanum tuberosum...research into potato tuber initiation and development...formation occurs in both tuber-inducing and noninducing...results in "sessile" tuber formation with no prior...Berg et al., 1996). Tubers can actually form on...
|
|
|
Response of stored potato seed tubers from contrasting cultivars to accumulated day-degrees.
Magazine article from: Crop Science; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...quality characteristics include seed tuber size, other physical characteristics...physiological age, and seed tuber health. The physiological status...of stems per plant, number of tubers per stem, tuber-size distribution, and tuber...
|
|
|
Molecular and biochemical triggers of potato tuber development
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...for food and feed, the tuber also represents the starting...plants (so-called seed tubers). It is for this reason...processes related to tuber formation, storage...transgenic approaches. A TUBER IS NOT A MODIFIED ROOT...misconception, potato tubers do not develop from roots...
|
|
Lipoxygenase is involved in the control of potato tuber development
Magazine article from: Plant Cell; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...restricted to developing tubers, stolons, and roots...correlated positively with tuber initiation and growth...sequence of a specific tuber LOX, designated POTLX...activity in stolons and tubers. The suppression of...correlated with reduced tuber yield, decreased average...
|
|
|
The sucrose transporter StSUT1 localizes to sieve elements in potato tuber phloem and influences tuber physiology and development
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...phloem unloading in tubers, the promoter was...unexpectedly detected not in tuber parenchyma but in the phloem of sink tubers. Immunolocalization...SUTI expression in tubers did not affect aboveground...during early stages of tuber development, indicating...
|
|
Begonia browsing - where to see spectacular blooming, how to order tubers.
Magazine article from: Sunset; 8/1/1985; 700+ words
; ...Price range given is per tuber; premium tubers are costliest but produce...ve started them from tubers or bough nursery plants...care not to pierce the tuber when inserting the stake...foliage in fall, lift tubers and store until pink...
|
|
Tubers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
TUBERS TUBERS. Tuber is a loan word deriving from the Latin...archeology cannot safely establish that a tuber was in fact cultivated since traces of pollen, preserved seeds, or actual dried tubers can originate from wild as well as cultivated...
|
|
Tuber
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Tuber A tuber is a swollen, underground storage organ...certain species of plants. Some types of tubers are highly nutritious, mostly because...Agricultural species of plants that develop edible tubers include the white potato ( Solanum tuberosum...
|
|
tuber
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
tuber A swollen underground stem or...means of propagation. A stem tuber , such as the potato, forms...of an underground stem. Each tuber represents several nodes and...axillary buds (eyes). Root tubers , such as those of the dahlia...
|
|
|
Yam
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...are propagated from cuttings of the tuber. Because the plants climb, they are...takes seven to 10 months before the tubers can be harvested, and this must be...Yams store better than most tropical tuber crops and this is one reason why they...
|
|
Gastrodia
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...vanillyl alcohol (from the tuber). These last two compounds...suggests that the gastrodia tuber has analgesic and sedative effects...preparations are made from the tubers and rhizomes, or underground...the growth of the gastrodia tuber has been given the Chinese name...
|
