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Changes in Nonstructural Carbohydrates in Different Parts of Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) Plants during a Light/Dark Cycle and in Extended Darkness ¹

United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7631, Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7631, Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7631

Diurnal patterns of nonstructural carbohydrate (starch, sucrose, and hexose sugars) concentration were characterized in different parts (leaves, petioles, stems, and roots) of vegetative soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) plants. Pronounced changes in all carbohydrate pools were observed in all plant parts during the normal photosynthetic period; however, starch accumulation within leaves accounted for more than 80% of the nonstructural carbohydrate accumulated by the plant during the light period. Efficiency of utilization of starch and sucrose during the normal dark period differed among organs, with leaves being most efficient in mobilizing starch reserves and roots being most efficient in utilizing sucrose reserves. The vast majority (about 85%) of the whole plant carbohydrate reserves present at the end of the photosynthetic period were utilized during the normal dark period. Sink leaf expansion ceased in plants transferred to extended darkness and the cessation in leaf expansion corresponded with carbohydrate depletion in the subtending source leaf and the remainder of the plant. Collectively, the results indicated that under the conditions employed, leaves are the whole plant's primary source of carbon at night as well as during the day.

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