Involvement of cyanogens in the promotion of germination of cocklebur seeds in response to various nitrogenous compounds, inhibitors of respiratory and ethylene

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 545-549

  Esashi, Yohji ^a   Maruyama, Akiko ^a   Sasaki, Satoshi ^a   Tani, Akinobu ^a   Yoshiyama, Makoto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cocklebur; Cyanogen; Ethylene; Respiration inhibitor; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

XANTHIUM;

EID: 0029841042     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a028978     Document Type: Article

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