Activities of sucrose and sorbitol metabolizing enzymes in vegetative sinks of peach and correlation with sink growth rate

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 381-388

  Lo Bianco, Riccardo ^a   Rieger, Mark ^a   Sung, She Jean S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid invertase; NAD+ dependent sorbitol dehydrogenase; Prunus persica; Radicle; Sinks; Sorbitol; Sucrose synthase

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0032988998     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.124.4.381     Document Type: Article

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