Phloem boron mobility in diverse plant species

Botanica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 331-335

  Brown, P H ^a   Hu, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boron; Dulcitol; Mannitol; Phloem mobility; Polyols; Sorbitol

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0031659286     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1998.tb00717.x     Document Type: Article

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