Phloem Loading: How Leaves Gain Their Independence

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Optimisation of photosynthetic carbon gain and within-canopy gradients of associated foliar traits for Amazon forest trees (2010, background): “This is because during leaf maturation, major physiological changes in phloem structure and physiology occur, meaning that it is impossible for adult leaves to act as net sinks of carbohydrates sourced from the rest of the plant (Turgeon, 2006), even if it were somehow in the plant’s interest for th”
Leaf venation: structure, function, development, evolution, ecology and applications in the past, present and future. (2013, background): “The phloem of the major veins functions in unloading sugars for leaf development, until the minor veins are fully formed, and then phloem unloading ceases, as the minor veins become functional for phloem loading (Turgeon, 2006).”
Nonstructural carbon in woody plants. (2014, background): “For example, studies demonstrated that carbon transport is often compartmentalized by localized phloem connections (133), meaning phloem is not a single pool for which sinks compete, but even now it is unclear whether, and under what conditions, such fine-scale detail is important for predicting pla”