Long- and short-term responses of leaf carbohydrate levels and photosynthesis to decreased sink demand in soybean

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 976-982

  Morcuende, R ^a   Perez P ^a   Martinez Carrasco R ^a   Martin Del Molino I ^a   Sanchez De La Puente L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

carbohydrates; carbon metabolism; feedback; Glycine max (L.) Merr.; leguminosae; photosynthesis; Rubisco; sink regulation; soybean

Indexed keywords

FABACEAE; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0030499852     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00462.x     Document Type: Article

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