Possible roles of soluble carbohydrate constituents in cut rose flowers

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 534-539

  Ichimura, Kazuo ^a   Ueyama, Shigefumi ^b   Goto, Rie ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Wakayama Hort Experiment Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cut flower; Methyl glucoside; Myo inositol; Rose; Xylose

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; INOSITOL; METHYLGLUCOSIDE; XYLOSE;

ROSA;

EID: 0032969839     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.68.534     Document Type: Article

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