The onset of sucrose accumulation in cold-stored potato tubers is caused by an increased rate of sucrose synthesis and coincides with low levels of hexose-phosphates, an activation of sucrose phosphate synthase and the appearance of a new form of amylase

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1223-1237

  Hill, L M ^a   Reimholz, R ^a   Schroder R ^b   Nielsen, T H ^c   Stitt, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cold sweetening; Potato; Solanaceae; Solanum tuberosum; Starch degradation; Sucrose phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030483926     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00001.x     Document Type: Article

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