Calorimetric properties of dehydrating pollen: Analysis of a desiccation-tolerant and an intolerant species

Plant Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 235-242

  Buitink, Julia ^a,b   Walters Vertucci, Christina ^a   Hoekstra, Folkert A ^b   Leprince, Olivier ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000840749     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.1.235     Document Type: Article

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