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Pyrophosphate levels strongly influence ascorbate and starch content in tomato fruit

Ascorbate (vitamin C) deficiency leads to low immunity, scurvy, and other human diseases and is therefore a global health problem. Given that plants are major ascorbate sources for humans, biofortification of this vitamin in our foodstuffs is of considerable importance. Ascorbate is synthetized by a...

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Main Authors: Osorio, Sonia, Nunes-Nesi, Adriano, Stratmann, Marina, Fernie, Alisdair R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3738876/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23950759
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2013.00308
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