Desiccation increases sucrose levels in Ramonda and Haberlea, two genera of resurrection plants in the Gesneriaceae

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 153-158

  Müller, Joachim ^a   Sprenger, Norbert ^a   Bortlik, Karlheinz ^a   Boller, Thomas ^b   Wiemken, Andres ^b  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; compatible solutes; desiccation; drought stress; galactinoL raffinose; resurrection plants; starch; sucrose

Indexed keywords

HABERLEA; RAMONDA;

EID: 0242565608     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000117.x     Document Type: Article

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