Promotion of cocklebur seed germination by allyl, sulfur and cyanogenic compounds

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1054-1058

  Maruyama, Akiko ^a   Yoshiyama, Makoto ^a   Adachi, Yasuhiro ^a   Tani, Akinobu ^a   Hasegawa, Ryo ^b   Esashi, Yohji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allyl compound; Cocklebur; Cyanogenic compound; Seed germination; Sulfur compound; Cyano alanine synthase (EC 4.4.1.9)

Indexed keywords

XANTHIUM; XANTHIUM PENNSYLVANICUM;

EID: 0030440187     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029053     Document Type: Article

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