Raffinose oligosaccharide concentrations measured in individual cell and tissue types in Cucumis melo L. leaves: Implications for phloem loading

Planta

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 614-622

  Haritatos, Edith ^a   Keller, Felix ^b   Turgeon, Robert ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cucumis; Galactinol; Phloem loading raffinose; Stachyose; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 0030060704     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00262649     Document Type: Article

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