Low temperature maximizes growth of Crocus vernus (L.) Hill via changes in carbon partitioning and corm development

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2203-2213

  Lundmark, Maria ^a   Hurry, Vaughan ^a   Lapointe, Line ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Carbon partitioning; Carbon translocation; Corm growth; Leaf senescence; Low temperature; Photosynthesis; Spring ephemerals

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COLD; CROCUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT STEM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; COLD TEMPERATURE; CROCUS; PLANT STEMS;

CROCUS; CROCUS VERNUS;

EID: 66249126504     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp103     Document Type: Article

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