Carbohydrates in Colobanthus quitensis and Deschampsia antarctica

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-217

  Piotrowicz Cieślak, Agnieszka I ^a   Giełwanowska, Irena ^a,b   Bochenek, Anna ^a   Loro, Paweł ^a,b   Górecki, Ryszard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b Department of Polar Biology ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Colobanthus quitensis; Deschmpsia antarctica; Soluble sugars; Starch

Indexed keywords

COLOBANTHUS QUITENSIS; DESCHAMPSIA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 25444514772     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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