Pinitol accumulation in mature leaves of white clover in response to a water deficit

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-18

  McManus, Michael T ^a   Bieleski, Rod L ^b   Caradus, John R ^a   Barker, David J ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Pinitol; Proline; Trifolium repens L.; Water deficit; White clover

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FRUCTOSE; GENOTYPE; GLASSHOUSE; PINITOL; PLANT LEAF; SUCROSE; SURVIVAL; WATER DEFICIT; WHITE CLOVER;

EID: 0033985731     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(99)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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