The metabolism of fructans in roots of Cichorium intybus during growth, storage and forcing

New Phytologist

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 555-563

  Van Den Ende, Wim ^a   Mintiens, Annemieke ^a   Speleers, Hilde ^a   Onuoha, Amabilis A ^a   Van Laere, André ^a  

^a Botany Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cichorium intybus (chicory); Fructan; Inulin; Invertase; SST

Indexed keywords

CICHORIUM INTYBUS;

EID: 0000776728     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb01874.x     Document Type: Article

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