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Fructan oligomers in Poa ampla

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 1997

N. J. CHATTERTON
Affiliation:
USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Forage and Range Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-6300, USA
P. A. HARRISON
Affiliation:
USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Forage and Range Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-6300, USA
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Abstract

Ion exchange chromatography of water extracts was used to classify the fructans in leaves of 40 temperate dicots and 110 temperate grass species. Of the 150 species studied, only Poa ampla (Merrill) contained a single β-2,6 linked fructan series. All other species grown at 10/5°C day/night temperatures (16 h day) contained some β-1,2 linked oligofructans, even when the major fructan series was β-2,6 linked. Leaves of P. ampla plants grown at 15/10°C day/night temperatures contained some β-1,2 linked fructans and raffinose in addition to the dominant β-2,6 series, but did not contain significant amounts of 1-kestose or bifurcose (1&6-kestotetraose). Leaves of Poa arctica R.Br. and Poa bulbosa L. contained significant amounts of raffinose and various β-1,2 linked oligomers but no 1-kestose. In vivo synthesis of 6-kestose in leaves of P. ampla grown at 10/5°C proceeds in the absence of significant amounts of either 1-kestose or bifurcose. Thus P. ampla probably has a specific 6-SST (6-sucrose-sucrosefructosyl transferase) and might provide a ready source of β-2,6 linked grass fructan.

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Research Article
Copyright
Trustees of the New Phytologist 1997

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