Sucrose feeding reverses shade-induced kernel losses in maize

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-403

  Hiyane, Rie ^a   Hiyane, Shinichi ^a   Tang, An Ching ^a   Boyer, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; glucose; ovary development; pedicel; photosynthesis; pollination; shade; starch; sucrose; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SUCROSE; WATER;

ABORTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; MAIZE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SENESCENCE; STARCH; SUCROSE; TRANSLOCATION; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; OVULE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

GLUCOSE; OVULE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUCROSE; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956047386     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq132     Document Type: Article

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