Carbon metabolism in the subantarctic Kerguelen cabbage Pringlea antiscorbutica R. Br.: Environmental controls over carbohydrates and proline contents and relation to phenology

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-254

  Aubert, S ^a   Assard, N ^a   Boutin, J P ^b   Frenot, Y ^c   Dorne, Albert Jean ^a,d  

^a Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); Carbon metabolism; Ecophysiology; Kerguelen archipelago; Pringlea antiscorbutica; Proline accumulation; Stress; Subantarctic

Indexed keywords

PRINGLEA ANTISCORBUTICA;

EID: 0032909839     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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