A modified assay method shows leaf sucrose-phosphate synthase activity is correlated with leaf sucrose content across a range of sugarcane varieties

Australian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 499-502

  Grof, Christopher P L ^a   Knight, Deon P ^a   McNeil, Scott D ^a,b   Lunn, John E ^a   Campbell, James A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leaf; Saccharum; SPS; Sucrose; Sucrose phosphate synthase; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

SACCHARUM;

EID: 0031853472     PISSN: 03107841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PP97169     Document Type: Article

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