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Most plants store starch or Suc as reserve carbohydrates, but about 15% of all flowering plant species store fructans, which are linear and branched polymers of Fru. Among the plants that store fructans are many of significant economic importance, such as cereals (e.g. barley, wheat, and oat),
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Vijn et al. (1999) studied this question.
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