Cuticular waxes from the leaves and fruit capsules of eight Papaveraceae species

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 419-430

  Jetter, Reinhard ^a,b   Riederer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cuticular wax; Eschscholtzia; Papaver; Papaveraceae; Secondary alkanols

Indexed keywords

ESCHSCHOLTZIA SPP.; PAPAVER SPP.;

EID: 0030064463     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b96-052     Document Type: Article

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