Carbohydrate composition and invertase activity of the leafy liverwort Porella platyphylla

New Phytologist

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 343-353

  Marschall, Mariann ^a,b   Proctor, Michael C F ^a   Smirnoff, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Botanical Department   (Hungary)

Author keywords

1 kestose; Bryophytes; Desiccation; Fructan; Invertase; Sucrose; Water stress

Indexed keywords

PORELLA PLATYPHYLLA;

EID: 0031896574     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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