Fructan and fructan-metabolizing enzymes in the growth zone of barley leaves

New Phytologist

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-79

  Roth, Adrian ^a   Lüscher, Marcel ^a   Sprenger, Norbert ^a   Boller, Thomas ^a   Wiemken, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fructan; Fructan metabolizing enzymes; Growth zone; Hordeum vulgate (barley); Partitioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642605348     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00714.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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