Culm sucrose accumulation promotes physiological decline of mature leaves in ripening sugarcane

Field Crops Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 250-258

  McCormick, A J ^a,b,c   Cramer, M D ^d,e   Watt, D A ^a,c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN SUGARCANE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hexose; Leaf; Photosynthesis; Senescence; Sink; Source; Sucrose; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

AGING; C4 PLANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFOLIATION; GAS EXCHANGE; MATURATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIPENING; SENESCENCE; STEM; SUCROSE; SUGAR CANE;

EID: 50049122944     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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