Sink filling, inulin metabolizing enzymes and carbohydrate status in field grown chicory (Cichorium intybus L.)

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1520-1529

  van Arkel, Jeroen ^a   Vergauwen, Rudy ^b   Sévenier, Robert ^a,c   Hakkert, Johanna C ^a   van Laere, André ^b   Bouwmeester, Harro J ^a   Koops, Andries J ^a   van der Meer, Ingrid M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c KEYGENE N V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1 FEH; 1 FFT; 1 SST; Chicory; Fructan; Yield

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; INULIN; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHICORY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; NETHERLANDS; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; SEASON;

BELGIUM; CHICORY; FRUCTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCOSE; INULIN; NETHERLANDS; PLANT ROOTS; SEASONS; SUCROSE;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS;

EID: 84866165686     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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