Stem Carbohydrate Richness in Two Cycad Species
The pachycaulous stem of cycad plants enables the storage of abundant nonstructural carbohydrates. Cycas revoluta Thunb. and Zamia furfuracea L.f. stems were analyzed for starch and 15 sugars to determine carbohydrate richness. All 15 sugars were detected in both species. The tetrasaccharide stachyo...
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American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS)
2023-06-01
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| Series: | HortScience |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/58/7/article-p808.xml |