The relationship between sucrose supply, sucrose-cleaving enzymes and flower abortion in pepper

Annals of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 601-605

  Aloni, B ^a   Karni, L ^a   Zaidman, Z ^a   Schaffer, A A ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abscission; Acid invertase; Capsicum annuum L.; Fructose; Glucose; Light; Pepper; Pepper flowers; Starch; Sucrose; Sucrose synthase

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 0030852274     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0410     Document Type: Article

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