Metabolism in slices from growing potato tubers responds differently to addition of sucrose and glucose

Planta

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 234-244

  Geiger, Michael ^a   Stitt, Mark ^a   Geigenberger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucose; Respiration; Solanum; Starch; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

3 PHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEXOSE PHOSPHATE; MANNITOL; METABOLITE; PLANT METABOLISM; SUCROSE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031717536     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050395     Document Type: Article

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