What determines carbon partitioning between competing sinks?

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 47, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 1293-1296

  Minchin, P E H ^a   Thorpe, M R ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon 11; Michaelis Menten; Partitioning; Priority; Sink; Sink strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000060538     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/47.special_issue.1293     Document Type: Article

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