Changes in mRNA populations during loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) seed stratification, germination and post-germinative growth

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 545-553

  Mullen, Robert T ^a   King, Janice E ^b   Gifford, David J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryo; in vitro protein synthesis; loblolly pine; megagametophyte; mRNA; nucleic acid synthesis; Pinus taeda; seed dormancy; seed germination; stratification

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0030484053     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1996.970318.x     Document Type: Article

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