The response of carbohydrate metabolism in potato tubers to low temperature

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1309-1322

  Malone, Jacob G ^a,b   Mittova, Valentina ^a   Ratcliffe, R George ^a   Kruger, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Cold induced sweetening; Low temperature storage; Potato tuber; Solanum tuberosum; Sugar accumulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COLD; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLANT TUBER; POTATO; TEMPERATURE;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COLD; COLD TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLANT TUBERS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TEMPERATURE;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBER (TRUFFLE);

EID: 84878918755     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcj101     Document Type: Article

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