Light- and dark-grown Potamogeton pectinatus, an aquatic macrophyte, make no ethylene (ethene) but retain responsiveness to the gas

Australian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 599-608

  Summers, Jacky E ^a   Jackson, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylic acid (ACC); ACC oxidase; Aquatic plants; Elongation; Environmental stress; Ethylene biosynthesis; Pisum sativum L.; Potamogeton pectinatus L.; Submergence

Indexed keywords

POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS;

EID: 0031829477     PISSN: 03107841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PP97104     Document Type: Article

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