Cyanogenic glycosides and their metabolic enzymes in barley, in relation to nitrogen levels

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 367-372

  Forslund, Karin ^a   Jonsson, Lisbeth ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cyanoalanine synthase; glucosidase; Barley; Cyanogenic glycoside; Hordeum vulgare; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030769674     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010217.x     Document Type: Article

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