Structure and macromolecular composition of the seed coat of the musaceae

Annals of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-122

  Graven, Peter ^a,b   De Koster, Chris G ^b   Boon, Jaap J ^b   Bouman, Ferry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cellulose; Ensete; Germination; Histochemistry; Lignin; Macromolecules; Musa; Musaceae; Musella; Operculum; Pyrolysis (gas chromatography) mass spectrometry; Seed coat; Silica; Vegetable polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ENSETE SPP.; MUSA SPP.; MUSELLA SPP.;

EID: 0030038328     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0013     Document Type: Article

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