Fit Roots for Plant Health Whitepaper - Koppert

be transported to the leaves, flowers and fruits. Roots also excrete carbohydrates (‘sugars’) and other compounds made in the leaves into the root zone [...] respiration (to provide energy for root metabolisms), but also fewer carbohydrates and other compounds will be exuded to feed the microorganisms in the [...] plant’s potential and the carbohydrate profile changes to more complex carbohydrates with low levels of non-reducing sugars (such as glucose, fructose and