Carbohydrate content and the activities of sucrose synthase, sucrose phosphate synthase and acid invertase in different tomato cultivars during fruit development

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 65, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 125-136

  Islam, Md Shahidul ^a   Matsui, Toshiyuki ^a   Yoshida, Yuichi ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fructose; Glucose; Invertase; Sucrose; Sucrose phosphate synthase; Sucrose synthase; Tomato cultivar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001693782     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4238(95)00871-3     Document Type: Article

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