Carbohydrate content and enzyme metabolism in developing canola siliques

Plant Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 153-160

  King, Steven P ^a,b   Lunn, John E ^a   Furbank, Robert T ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0031407765     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.1.153     Document Type: Article

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