Fructan synthesizing and degrading activities in chicory roots (Cichorium intybus L.) during field-growth, storage and forcing

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 43-50

  Van Den Ende, Wim ^a   Van Laere, André ^a  

^a Botany Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Chicory; Cichorium intybus L.; FFT; fructan; fructan exohydrolase; inulin; inulinase; SST; fructosidase

Indexed keywords

CICHORIUM INTYBUS;

EID: 0029779902     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(96)80171-4     Document Type: Article

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