Sugar metabolism as related to the cyanide-mediated elimination of dormancy in apple embryos

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 577-585

  Bogatek, Renata ^a,b   Côme, Daniel ^b   Corbineau, Françoise ^b   Picard, Marie Ange ^b   Zarska Maciejewska, Bozenna ^a   Lewak, Stanisław ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Apple embryos; Dormancy; Hydrogen cyanide; Hydrolases; Malus domestica; Soluble sugars; oxidation

Indexed keywords

MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0345062315     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0981-9428(00)80110-2     Document Type: Article

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