L-Ascorbic acid is accumulated in source leaf phloem and transported to sink tissues in plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 649-656

  Franceschi, Vincent R ^a   Tarlyn, Nathan M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; TISSUE;

AUTORADIOGRAPHS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

APHIDIDAE; ARABIDOPSIS; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SITOBION AVENAE;

EID: 0036800965     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.007062     Document Type: Article

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