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Effect of Anoxia on α-Amylase Induction in Maize Caryopsis

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-amylase as well as other enzymes involved in starch degradation under anoxia. Carbohydrates resulting from starch breakdown allow maize caryopses to avoid sugar starvation. Most interestingly, this correlates well with the ability of maize caryopses to sustain relatively prolonged anaerobiosis, in agreement with the hypothesis linking carbohydrate availability to anoxia tolerance.

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  1. Dipartimento di Biologia delle Piante Agrarie, Sezione di Fisiologia Vegetale, University of Pisa, Via Mariscoglio 34 1–56124 Pisa, Italy, , , , , , IT

    Lorenzo Guglielminetti, Héctor Abel Busilacchi & Amedeo Alpi

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Received 25 September 1999/ Accepted in revised form 24 February 2000

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Guglielminetti, L., Busilacchi, H. & Alpi, A. Effect of Anoxia on α-Amylase Induction in Maize Caryopsis. J Plant Res 113, 185–192 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00013929

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