Claim · model-written summary
Glucan increased slightly for about nine drought weeks, then decreased, with further decline on irrigation.
- Taxon
- Opuntia bigelovii Engelm.
Cylindropuntia bigeloviie1 - Treatment
- drought periode0
- Outcome
- glucane0
- Direction
- increased slightlye0
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Verbatim
e0“Both glucan and mucilage increased slightly for about 9 weeks during the drought period and then began to decrease. Irrigation was accompanied by a further decrease in concentration of glucan and mucilage.”
e1“Opuntia bigelovii Engelm.”
Title
Carbohydrate Metabolism of Cactus in a Desert Environment
B. G. Sutton; Irwin P. Ting; R. Sutton PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1981. doi:10.1104/pp.68.3.784
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Dawn malic acid maxima fell during drought and rose after irrigation.
- Intervention effect Soluble carbohydrates decreased in drought and increased after irrigation.
- Intervention effect Mucilage increased slightly for about nine drought weeks, then decreased, with further decline on irrigation.
- Association Glucan and mucilage tissue concentrations were correlated.
- Mechanism The authors hypothesize that glucan and mucilage act as storage carbohydrates.