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GLUCID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM OF THE CARNATION CUT-FLOWER SUPPLIED OR NOT WITH A SACCHAROSE SOLUTION
Article number
71_36
Pages
241 – 258
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Abstract
In the carnation cut-flower (var.
Scania) supplied with water the glucids are found to disappear rapidly whereas the proteins are actively degraded and wilting appears simultaneously.
Scania) supplied with water the glucids are found to disappear rapidly whereas the proteins are actively degraded and wilting appears simultaneously.
The supply with a saccharose solution leads to a prolonged survival of the flower in comparison with the water supply.
This survival is related to the high contents of glucids and correlatively of proteins which remain in the petaloid pieces.
Saccharose is partly used by the flower for its protein de novo synthesis.
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Authors
A. Paulin
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