The phrase "assimilate source" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to the process of integrating or absorbing information from a source, but the wording is awkward and unclear.
Example: "In order to fully understand the topic, we need to assimilate the source material provided in the research."
Alternatives: "integrate information" or "absorb content".
Early vigour depends on both assimilate source (light capture and photosynthetic rate) and the sink constituted by structural growth (leaf appearance rate, potential size and tiller outgrowth).
This QTL was reported to improve, in addition to panicle size and sink capacity, assimilate source traits such as flag leaf size (Adriani et al. 2016) and carboxylation capacity (Fabre et al. 2016), owing to the association of Nal1 gene within this QTL (Fujita et al. 2013).
This might suggest that qTSN4 effects on panicle size are not directly controlled by qTSN4 but indirectly via whole-plant assimilate source-sink relations.
Fungi can utilise various sources of nitrogen, from easily assimilated sources (e.g., ammonium and glutamate), to more complex secondary sources including amino acids and proteins [ 40, 58].
At peak productivity, leaves subtending developing bolls export up to 33% of photoassimilate to vegetative parts of the plant and up to 28% of carbon needed to complete boll maturation comes from previously assimilated sources [ 2].
Breeding experiences indicated that translocation of carbohydrate assimilate from source to sink is a major constraint on seed yield [ 29, 48].
Grain yields in wheat can be limited by the assimilate supply (source) or by the carbohydrate demand of the grains (sink).
However, old cells continued to assimilate carbon source (glucose) and diverted into storage lipids, eventually accelerate total lipid production in C. cohnii.
Grapevines manufacture carbohydrates and other assimilates in source organs and transport them via the phloem to sink organs for further metabolism or storage.
During seed development, sucrose is the major form of photosynthetically assimilated carbon source that is transported from the parent plant to maternal tissues like integuments and filial tissues, such as embryos and endosperms.
The capacity to merge theory with mechanistic understanding and empirical evidence, to assimilate diverse sources of information and to accommodate complexity will transform the collection and interpretation of data.
