Incorporation of [3H]sucrose after the resorption of nectar from the spur of Platanthera chlorantha (Custer) Rchb

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 927-932

  Stpiczyńska, Malłgorzata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Microautoradiography; Nectar resorption; Nectary spur; Orchidaceae; Platanthera chlorantha; Pollination

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; CELLS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

NECTAR;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NECTAR; RESORPTION;

LEPIDOPTERA; ORCHIDACEAE; PLATANTHERA; PLATANTHERA CHLORANTHA;

EID: 17544396860     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-085     Document Type: Article

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