Accumulation of Carboxylate and Aromatic Fluorophores by a Pest-Resistant Sweet Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] Genotype.

ABSTRACT: The sugary juice from sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] stalks can be used to produce edible syrup, biofuels, or bio-based chemical feedstock. The current cultivars are highly susceptible to damage from sugarcane aphids [Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner)], but development of new cultivars is hindered by a lack of rapid analytical methods to screen for juice quality traits. The mechanism of aphid resistance/tolerance is also largely unknown, though the importance of defense phytochemicals has been suggested. The purpose of this study was to develop low-cost methods sensitive to fluorescent fingerprints in sweet sorghum juice, which is a complex mixture of saccharides, carboxylates, polyphenols, and metal ions. Of primary juice components, tryptophan and trans-aco

SUBMITTER: Uchimiya M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6906763 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature