Effect of osmolytes on the fructan pattern in feeder roots produced during forcing of chicory (Cichorium intybus L.)

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 290-298

  Van Den Ende, W ^a   Moors, S ^a   Van Hoenacker, G ^a   Van Laere, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

1 FEH; 1 FFT; 1 SST; Asteraceae; Chicon; Chicory; Cichorium intybus L.; Feeder roots; Forcing; Fructan; Internal browning; Inulin; Invertase; Osmotic stress; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; CICHORIUM INTYBUS;

EID: 0031787563     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(98)80154-5     Document Type: Article

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