Seed desiccation tolerance and storability: Dependence on flatulence-producing oligosaccharides and cyclitols—review and survey

Seed Science Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 385-405

  Horbowicz, Marcin ^a   Obendorf, Ralph L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

flatulence; galactosyl cyclitol; seed desiccation tolerance; stachyose series oligosaccharides; storability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028327978     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: 14752735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258500002440     Document Type: Review

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