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THE AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPIRATIONALLY SUPPLIED SUCROSE FOR METABOLIC PROCESSES IN THE POD AND SEEDS OF PHASEOLUS VULGARIS
Author(s) -
Oliker M.,
Mayer A. M.,
PoljakoffMayber A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1978.tb06081.x
Subject(s) - phaseolus , point of delivery , biology , sucrose , transpiration , botany , horticulture , photosynthesis , food science
Radioactive sucrose supplied to growing bean pods via the transpiration stream is metabolically available and appears in various cell fractions including proteins and cell wall material. Sucrose distribution between pod and seed tissue depended on the stage of fruit development.