Carbohydrate metabolism in yam tubers during storage and sprouting

Tropical Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 63-66

  Muthukumarcisamy, M ^a   Anneerselvam, R P ^b  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

A amylase; Dioscorea; Sprouting; Starch; Storage; Sugars

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA ESCULENTA; DIOSCOREA ROTUNDATA;

EID: 0033943417     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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