Starch and the control of kernel number in maize at low water potentials

Plant Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-35

  Zinselmeier, Christopher ^a,b   Jeong, Byeong Ryong ^a,c   Boyer, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLITE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SUCROSE; WATER;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033198466     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.1.25     Document Type: Article

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