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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Main Authors: Castrillón-Arbeláez Paula, Martínez-Gallardo Norma, Arnaut Hamlet, Tiessen Axel, Délano-Frier John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-09-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/12/163