Non-structural carbohydrates in dormant woody perennials; the tale of winter survival and spring arrival

A Tixier, GA Gambetta, J Godfrey, J Orozco… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Woody perennials' reliance on nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC) reserves for the
resumption of spring growth necessitates an accumulation of NSC prior to dormancy. It is …

Diurnal variation in nonstructural carbohydrate storage in trees: remobilization and vertical mixing

A Tixier, J Orozco, AA Roxas, JM Earles… - Plant …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Nonstructural carbohydrate (NSC) storage plays a critical role in tree function and survival,
but understanding and predicting local NSC storage dynamics is challenging because NSC …

Understanding the roles of nonstructural carbohydrates in forest trees–from what we can measure to what we want to know

H Hartmann, S Trumbore - New phytologist, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Carbohydrates provide the building blocks for plant structures as well as versatile resources
for metabolic processes. The nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC), mainly sugars and starch …

Global variation in nonstructural carbohydrate stores in response to climate

M Blumstein, J Gersony… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Woody plant species store nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) for many functions. While
known to buffer against fluctuations in photosynthetic supply, such as at night, NSC stores …

Whole‐tree nonstructural carbohydrate storage and seasonal dynamics in five temperate species

ME Furze, BA Huggett, DM Aubrecht, CD Stolz… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the importance of nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC) for growth and survival in
woody plants, we know little about whole‐tree NSC storage. The conventional theory …

No time to rest: Seasonal dynamics of non-structural carbohydrates in twigs of three Mediterranean tree species suggest year-round activity

AM Davidson, ST Le, KB Cooper, E Lange… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Perennial plants in temperate climates evolved short and long-term strategies to store and
manage reserves in the form of non-structural carbohydrates (NSC; soluble sugars (SC) and …

Spring phenology is affected by fall non-structural carbohydrate concentration and winter sugar redistribution in three Mediterranean nut tree species

A Amico Roxas, J Orozco, P Guzmán-Delgado… - Tree …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Deciduous trees mostly rely on non-structural carbohydrates (NSC—soluble carbohydrates
and starch) stored prior to dormancy to sustain both spring bloom and the initial phase of …

The role of stored carbohydrates and nitrogen in the growth and stress tolerance of planted forest trees

P Villar-Salvador, M Uscola, DF Jacobs - New Forests, 2015 - Springer
Plants store compounds that supplement external resources to maintain primary functions.
We reviewed the role of stored non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) and nitrogen (N) in …

Living on next to nothing: tree seedlings can survive weeks with very low carbohydrate concentrations

R Weber, A Schwendener, S Schmid… - New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The usage of nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs) to indicate carbon (C) limitation in trees
requires knowledge of the minimum tissue NSC concentrations at lethal C starvation, and …

Winter's bite: beech trees survive complete defoliation due to spring late‐frost damage by mobilizing old C reserves

E D'Andrea, N Rezaie, A Battistelli… - New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Late frost can destroy the photosynthetic apparatus of trees. We hypothesized that this can
alter the normal cyclic dynamics of C‐reserves in the wood. We measured soluble sugar …