Electron microscopy of plastid-amyloplast system involved in starch synthesis and accumulation in Japanese yam tuber (Dioscorea Japonica)

Japanese Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 242-251

  Kawasaki, Michio ^a   Matsuda, Toshiaki ^a   Chonan, Nobuo ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyloplast; Electron microscopy; Japanese yarn; Plastid; Starch accumulation; Starch synthesis; Tuber

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA JAPONICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0030880408     PISSN: 00111848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/jcs.66.242     Document Type: Article

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