The hilar region in Leucaena leucocephala lam. (De Wit) seed: Structure, histochemistry and the role of the lens in germination

Annals of Botany

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 569-574

  Serrato Valenti, G ^a   De Vries, M ^a   Cornara, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hilar region; Histochemistry; Lens; Leucaena leucocephala; Seed germination; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001427728     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1995.1060     Document Type: Article

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