Leaf carbohydrate status in Lolium temulentum during the induction of flowering

New Phytologist

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-66

  Perilleux C ^a   Bernier, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Flowering (induction); Leaf blade; Leaf exudate; Lolium temulentum

Indexed keywords

LOLIUM TEMULENTUM;

EID: 2642630728     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00629.x     Document Type: Article

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