Leaf senescence and nutrient remobilisation in barley and wheat

Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 37-49

  Gregersen, P L ^b   Holm, P B ^b   Krupinska, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cereals; Leaf senescence; Nitrogen remobilisation; Protein degradation

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BARLEY; CHLOROPLAST; CROP YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LEAF; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PROTEIN; REMOBILIZATION; SENESCENCE; WHEAT;

BARLEY; CELL AGING; CHLOROPLAST; CROP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHEAT;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL AGING; CHLOROPLASTS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HORDEUM; NITROGEN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TRITICUM;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 47649115607     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00114.x     Document Type: Review

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