Starch synthesis in tomato remains constant throughout fruit development and is dependent on sucrose supply and sucrose synthase activity

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 338, 1999, Pages 1457-1463

  N'tchobo, Hyacinthe ^a   Dali, Najeh ^a   Nguyen Quoc, Binh ^a   Foyer, Christine H ^b   Yelle, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Invertase; Sucrose synthase; Sucrose turnover; Sucrose unloading; Tomato fruit

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0032825140     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.338.1457     Document Type: Article

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