Phloem Transport of Fructans in the Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Species Agave deserti

Plant Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 709-714

  Wang, Ning ^a,b   Nobel, Park S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAVE DESERTI; CRASSULACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0001114226     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.2.709     Document Type: Article

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