Presence of dehydrin-like proteins and levels of abscisic acid in recalcitrant (desiccation sensitive) seeds may be related to habitat

Seed Science Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 175-182

  Farrant, Jill M ^a   Pammenter, Norman W ^b   Berjak, Patricia ^b   Farnsworth, Elizabeth J ^a   Vertucci, Christina W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

abscisic acid; dehydrin; desiccation tolerance; LEA proteins; recalcitrant seeds

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER SACCHARINUM; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; ARAUCARIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA; BARRINGTONIA; BARRINGTONIA RACEMOSA; BRUGUIERA CYLINDRICA; BRUGUIERA EXARISTATA; BRUGUIERA GYMNORRHIZA; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CASTANEA SATIVA; CASTANOSPERMUM; CASTANOSPERMUM AUSTRALE; CERIOPS TAGAL; HIPPOCASTANUM; PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA; RHIZOPHORA APICULATA; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; RHIZOPHORA STYLOSA; ZIZANIA PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0030462873     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258500003238     Document Type: Article

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