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Impact of high temperature on sucrose translocation, sugar content and inulin yield in Cichorium intybus L. var. sativum

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Abstract

Background and aim

Cichorium intybus is a biennal species storing inulin in taproot during the first year and flowering after vernalization. Heat impact on sugar distribution and inulin yield remains poorly documented.

Methods

Plants were cultivated under ambient or high (ambient+5 °C) temperature for 27 weeks. Plants were monthly harvested and morphological parameters, bolting rate, sugar translocation, soluble sugars and inulin content were determined.

Results

Heat reduced shoot and root growth and unexpectedly induced precocious bolting. It increased fructose contents in roots and leaves, increased root myo-inositol and reduced leaf sucrose content. At harvest, inulin content was higher in heat-treated than in control roots but total amount of inulin produced per plant was lower. Heat inhibited sugar translocation from leaves to secondary roots. Total soluble sugar content was lower in leaves but higher in roots of bolted plants compared to non-bolted ones. Bolting induced an increase in the mean degree of polymerization of inulin and root lignification.

Conclusion

High temperatures impaired inulin production as a result of root growth inhibition and reduced sugar translocation from the leaves to the roots. Heat induced precocious bolting on non-vernalized plants. Bolting reinforced root growth inhibition and thus inulin yield decrease.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Dr. V. Dielen (S.A. Warcoing, Chicoline) for kindly providing the seeds and to Dr. Y.J. Schneider (UCL) for his valuable help in sugar translocation analysis.

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    Anne-Sophie Mathieu, Charlotte Tinel, Hélène Dailly, Muriel Quinet & Stanley Lutts

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Mathieu, AS., Tinel, C., Dailly, H. et al. Impact of high temperature on sucrose translocation, sugar content and inulin yield in Cichorium intybus L. var. sativum. Plant Soil 432, 273–288 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3802-7

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