Temporal and spatial regulation of glucomannan deposition and mobilization in corms of a morphophallus konjac (Araceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 337-345

  Chua, Melinda ^a   Hocking, Trevor J ^a   Chan, Kelvin ^b,c   Baldwin, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amorphophallus konjac; Anti heteromannan antiserum; Araceae; Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Konjac glucomannan; Light microscopy

Indexed keywords

KONJAC GLUCO MANNAN; KONJAC GLUCO-MANNAN; MANNAN;

ANTIBODY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MICROSCOPY; MOBILIZATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; REMOBILIZATION; SENESCENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AMORPHOPHALLUS; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLANT STEM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHOPHALLUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MANNANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANT STEMS;

EID: 84874960321     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200547     Document Type: Article

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