Sucrose synthesis in cereal grains under oxygen deprivation

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-359

  Guglielminetti, Lorenzo ^a   Loreti, Elena ^a   Perata, Pierdomenico ^a,b   Alpi, Amedeo ^a  

^a Sez Patologia Vegetale   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Cereal germination; Hordeum vulgare; Oryza sativa; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0033196211     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013889     Document Type: Article

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