Physiological aspects of Taxus brevifolia seeds in relation to seed storage characteristics

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Walters Vertucci, Christina ^a   Crane, Jennifer ^a   Vance, Nan C ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Desiccation damage; Differential scanning calorimetry; Freezing damage; Isotherm; Lipid; Longevity; Maturation; Orthodox; Recalcitrant; Seeds; Sugar content; Taxus; Water; Yew

Indexed keywords

TAXUS; TAXUS BREVIFOLIA;

EID: 0001877246     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb00669.x     Document Type: Article

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