Water stress enhances β-amylase activity in cucumber cotyledons

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 345, 2000, Pages 739-745

  Todaka, Daisuke ^a   Matsushima, Hisashi ^a   Morohashi, Yukio ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cucumber cotyledon; Starch; Sucrose; Water stress; Amylase

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0034098762     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/51.345.739     Document Type: Article

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