Metabolic changes in leaves and roots during dehydration of the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum (Hochst)

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 421-427

  Norwood, M ^a   Truesdale, M R ^a   Richter, A ^b   Scott, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

2 octulose; Carbohydrate metabolism; Craterosigma; Resurrection plants; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CRATEROSTIGMA PLANTAGINEUM;

EID: 0033367773     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)31033-4     Document Type: Article

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