Metabolic and enzymatic changes associated with carbon mobilization, utilization and replenishment triggered in grain amaranth (<it>Amaranthus cruentus</it>) in response to partial defoliation by mechanical injury or insect herbivory
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Amaranthus cruentus</it> and <it>A. hypochondriacus</it> are crop plants grown for grain production in subtropical countries. Recently, the generation of large-scale transcriptomic data opened the possibil...
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Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-09-01
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Series: | BMC Plant Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/12/163 |