Non-structural carbohydrates in Deschampsia antarctica Desv. from South Shetland Islands, Maritime Antarctic

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 393-399

  Zuñiga, Gustavo E ^a   Alberdi, Miren ^b   Corcuera, Luis J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

chilling; cold stress; freezing tolerance; fructans; Gramineae; low temperature stress; sucrose

Indexed keywords

DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA; GRAMINACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 0030431321     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(96)01026-X     Document Type: Article

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