Starch degradation in buttercup squash (Cucurbita maxima)

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 587-590

  Irving, Donald E ^a   Shingleton, Glen J ^b   Hurst, Paul L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amylose; Maltose; Starch phosphorylase; Amylase; amylase

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA MAXIMA; RANUNCULUS;

EID: 0032757355     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.124.6.587     Document Type: Article

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