Genotypic differences in pod wall and seed growth relate to invertase activities and assimilate transport pathways in asparagus bean

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1277-1284

  Liu, Yong Hua ^a,b   Cao, Jia Shu ^a   Li, Guo Jing ^b   Wu, Xiao Hua ^b   Wang, Bao Gen ^b   Xu, Pei ^b   Hu, Ting Ting ^b   Lu, Zhong Fu ^b   Patrick, John W ^c   Ruan, Yong Ling ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asparagus bean; fruit; invertase; phloem unloading; seed; sucrose metabolism; Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedialis

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; METABOLISM; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED; SUGAR; TRANSLOCATION;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FABACEAE; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FABACEAE; GENOTYPE; SEEDS;

PSOPHOCARPUS TETRAGONOLOBUS; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 84861618628     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs060     Document Type: Article

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