Carbohydrate Content of the Root Tip Cells of Allium Cepa.
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- 1 January 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 33 (1) , 64-65
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.33.1.64
Abstract
The total carbohydrate and total hexose content of the cells of the first two millimeters of Allium cepa were determined. The data indicate that total carbohydrate content of the cells is directly proportional to cell volume. This is also true for total hexose content during the early stages of development. With elongation, however, the increase in total hexose is not directly proportional to increase in cell volume suggesting the formation of a non-hexose-containing cell wall component.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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