Structure and function of the mucilaginous seed coats of plantago coronopus inhabiting the negev desert of Israel

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 125-133

  Gutterman, Yitzchak ^a   Shem Tov, Shachar ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONOPUS; PLANTAGO CORONOPUS;

EID: 0030476538     PISSN: 07929978     EISSN: 22238980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07929978.1996.10676641     Document Type: Article

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