Growth ring formation in the starch granules of potato tubers

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 365-371

  Pilling, Emma ^a   Smith, Alison M ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; PLANTS (BOTANY); REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GROWTH RINGS;

STARCH;

EMBRYOPHYTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0038663081     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.018044     Document Type: Article

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