Biochemical and physiological aspects of developmental cycle of Colchicum autumnale L.

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 509-516

  Frankova L ^a   Komjathyova H ^b   Boka K ^c   Gasparikova O ^a   Psenak M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

free sugars; geophyte; protuberance; starch; total amylolytic activity; amylase; glucosidase; amylase

Indexed keywords

COLCHICUM; COLCHICUM AUTUMNALE;

EID: 4544370307     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOP.0000041054.71761.0b     Document Type: Article

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