Amino acids and protein profile in floral nectar: Much more than a simple reward

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 475-481

  Nepi, Massimo ^a   Soligo, Chiara ^a   Nocentini, Daniele ^a   Abate, Mariangela ^a   Guarnieri, Massimo ^a   Cai, Giampiero ^a   Bini, Luca ^a   Puglia, Michele ^a   Bianchi, Laura ^a   Pacini, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Cucurbita pepo; Invertase; Proline; Sugars; Xylosidase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMBING PLANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NECTAR; PH; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLLINATOR; PROTEIN;

CUCURBITA PEPO; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84863864451     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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