Fructans as reserve carbohydrates in crop plants

Photoassimilate Distribution Plants and Crops Source-Sink Relationships

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 97-114

  Pollock, Christopher J ^a   Cairns, Andrew John ^a   Sims, Ian M ^b   Housley, Thomas L ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203743539     Document Type: Chapter

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