Rubisco turnover and its relationship with herbage yield traits in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)

Abstract

Leaf Rubisco content was monitored over the life span of the sixth leaf blades of hydroponically grown perennial ryegrass tillers of 18 genotypes, to determine protein turnover patterns and investigate possible links between protein turnover pattern and plant performance. Keywords: Rubisco, perennial ryegrass, remobilisation, dynamic model, mapping population