Manipulation of in vivo sorbitol production alters boron uptake and transport in tobacco

Plant Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 735-741

  Bellaloui, Nacer ^a   Brown, Patrick H ^a   Dandekar, Abahaya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGY; BORON; IN VIVO STUDY; PHLOEM; PLANT GROWTH; SORBITOL; SORBITOL 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUGAR ALCOHOL;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032866905     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.119.2.735     Document Type: Article

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