The Sweet Taste of Adapting to the Desert: Fructan Metabolism in Agave Species

AV Pérez-López, J Simpson - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Over 70% of Agave species,(159 of 206) are found in Mexico and are well adapted to
survive under hot, arid conditions, often in marginal terrain, due to a unique combination of …

Three-dimensional water mapping of succulent Agave victoriae-reginae leaves by terahertz imaging

AK Singh, AV Pérez-López, J Simpson… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
While terahertz imaging has been used before for the determination of water content in
vegetative tissue, most studies have either presented measurements of the temporal …

Localization and Composition of Fructans in Stem and Rhizome of Agave tequilana Weber var. azul

AV Pérez-López, J Simpson, MR Clench… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Methodology combining mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) with ion mobility separation (IMS)
has emerged as a biological imaging technique due to its versatility, sensitivity and label …

[PDF][PDF] Water content, carbohydrate accumulation, and secondary metabolites in Allium victorialis sprouts exposed to shoot cutting in varied irradiations

C Zhou, W Cui, T Yuan, H Cheng… - Notulae Botanicae …, 2021 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Victory onion (Allium victorialis) is an edible vegetation that has significant value as a non-
structural carbohydrate and secondary metabolite supplier. Easily measured leaf variables …

Transcriptome analysis of bolting in A. tequilana reveals roles for florigen, MADS, fructans and gibberellins

E Avila de Dios, L Delaye, J Simpson - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background Reliable indicators for the onset of flowering are not available for most
perennial monocarpic species, representing a drawback for crops such as bamboo, agave …

Agave amica a potential model for the study of agavins metabolism

LF Salomé-Abarca, RE Márquez-López, MG López - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Fructans found in agave are called agavins, highly branched neo-fructans. They are
essential on the yield and quality of Tequila production. The need for agave specimens with …

Evidence for Light and Tissue Specific Regulation of Genes Involved in Fructan Metabolism in Agave tequilana

AD Gomez-Vargas, KM Hernández-Martínez… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plant Glycoside Hydrolase Family 32 (PGHF32) contains the fructosyltransferases and
fructan exohydrolase enzymes responsible for fructan metabolism, in addition to closely …

The de novo transcriptome assembly of Agave angustifolia Haw, mining for carbohydrates and cellulose synthesis genes profiling, and molecular markers …

E Valadez-Moctezuma, S Samah… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Although Agave angustifolia Haw is one of the most cultural and industrial
promising species in Mexico, no extensive genomic resources were available. Herein, we …

AteqTERT expression and specific tissue activity in a 2-year-old complete plant in Agave tequilana in field conditions

Z De la Torre Espinosa, EÁ De Dios… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Telomerase is a specialized enzyme that attributes to maintaining and lengthening of
telomeric length as its primary function. This ribonucleoprotein complex requires two …

[PDF][PDF] Efecto del endurecimiento in vitro de plantas de Agave spp. y de hongos micorrícicos en su proceso de aclimatación ex vitro

MLG Quintana - riudg.udg.mx
Los agaves ó magueyes (Agave spp) son representativos de los paisajes de zonas áridas y
semiáridas de México (Santiago-Martínez et al., 2023). México se considera punto de origen …