Effects of heat stress on enzyme activities and transcript levels in developing maize kernels grown in culture

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-208

  Duke, Edwin R ^a   Doehlert, Douglas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

enzymes; gene expression; Heat stress; Maize

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030187495     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0098-8472(96)01004-0     Document Type: Article

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