Developing tomato seeds when removed from the fruit produce multiple forms of germinative and post-germinative endo-β-mannanase. Responses to desiccation, abscisic acid and osmoticum

Planta

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-77

  Voigt, Birgit ^a,b   Bewley, J Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Desiccation; Endo mannanase; Endosperm; Lycopersicon (seed germination); Osmoticum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029849086     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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