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. 1962 Sep 7;137(3532):766.
doi: 10.1126/science.137.3532.766.

Sorbitol Translocation in Apple

K L Webb, J W Burley

Sorbitol Translocation in Apple

K L Webb et al. Science. .

Abstract

A report of glucose translocation, an apparent exception to the hypothesis that sucrose is the major carbohydrate translocated in plants, was investigated. Carbon-14 studies of the carbohydrates in the bark of apple suggest that rather than glucose the sugar alcohol, sorbitol, in addition to sucrose, is a principal compound translocated in this species.

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