In vitro grown potato microtubers are a suitable system for the study of primary carbohydrate metabolism

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 693-697

  Veramendi, Jon ^a   Willmitzer, Lothar ^a   Trethewey, Richard N ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b 10589 Berlin Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glycolysis; In vitro; Microtubers; Potato; Starch metabolism; Sucrose metabolism; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032859135     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(00)80100-X     Document Type: Article

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