Regulation of tuber formation and ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.) by nitrate

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-213

  Kim, Sun Hyung ^a   Mizuno, Kouichi ^a   Sawada, Shinichi ^b   Fujimura, Tatsuhito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AGPase (ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase); Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.; Rooted single leaf; Tuber formation

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; NITRATES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; STARCH;

FERTILIZATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0036662372     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020844418776     Document Type: Article

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