Evaluation of root sink ability of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam.) Cultivars on the basis of enzymatic activity in the starch synthesis pathway

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-23

  Yatomi, M ^a   Kubota, F ^a   Saito, K ^a   Agata, W ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenosine 5' diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase; root tubering; source sink relation; starch synthase; starch synthesis; sucrose synthase; sweet potato

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 0029803384     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.1996.tb00587.x     Document Type: Article

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