Sequence of morphological and physiological events during natural ageing and senescence of a castor bean leaf: Sieve tube occlusion and carbohydrate back-up precede chlorophyll degradation

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 338-346

  Jongebloed, Udo ^a   Szederkényi, Judit ^a   Hartig, Katja ^a   Schobert, Christian ^a,b   Komor, Ewald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYMES; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

PHLOEM TRANSPORT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CASTOR; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 1642491753     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-9317.2004.0245.x     Document Type: Article

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