A quantitative histochemical procedure for measurement of starch in apple fruits

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 705-710

  Ernst, Michael K ^a   Matitschka, Gudrun ^a   Chatterton, N Jerry ^b   Harrison, Philip A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STARCH;

APPLE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; HIGHER PLANT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROSALES; STARCH;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0033372519     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003992230135     Document Type: Article

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