The effect of the amount of nitrogen fertilizer on starch metabolism in leaf sheath of japonica and indica rice varieties during the heading period

Plant Production Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-130

  Hirano, Tatsuya ^a   Saito, Yoshihisa ^a   Ushimaru, Hiroaki ^a   Michiyama, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase; Debranching enzyme; Indica rice; Japonica rice; Leaf sheath; Nitrogen fertilizer; Starch; Starch branching enzyme

Indexed keywords

JAPONICA;

EID: 20844459542     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.8.122     Document Type: Article

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