Regulation of sucrose and starch metabolism in potato tubers in response to short-term water deficit

Planta

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 502-518

  Geigenberger, Peter ^a   Reimholz, Ralph ^a   Geiger, Michael ^a   Merlo, Lucia ^a,b   Canale, Victoria ^a   Stitt, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenosine 5' diphosphoglucose; Solanum (carbon metabolism, tuber); Starch synthesis; Sucrose metabolism (futile cycle); Sucrose phosphate synthase; Water stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030901402     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050095     Document Type: Article

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