Alternate routes for starch synthesis in developing grains of wheat and sorghum: Indirect evidence through its regulation by inorganic phosphates and organic acids

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-87

  Randhawa, Rabindra ^a   Singh, Rangil ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Inorganic phosphates; Liquid culturing; Organic acids; Sorghum; Starch synthesis; Wheat

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ADENOSINE 5' DIPHOSPHOGLUCOSE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DAIRY PRODUCT; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; HEXOSE PHOSPHATE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT METABOLISM; SORGHUM; SUCROSE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031874750     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1998.9514044     Document Type: Article

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