Changes of enzyme activities associated with the mobilization of carbohydrate reserves (fructans) from the stem of wheat during kernel filling

New Phytologist

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 471-478

  Willenbrink, J ^a   Bonnett, G D ^b   Willenbrink, S ^a   Wardlaw, I F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fructan exohydrolase; Fructans; Mobilization; Post anthesis; Reserves; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031926149     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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