The recalcitrant plant species, Castanospermum australe and Trichilia dregeana, differ in their ability to produce dehydrin-related polypeptides during seed maturation and in response to ABA or water-deficit-related stresses

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 314, 1997, Pages 1717-1726

  Han, Bin ^a   Berjak, Patricia ^b   Pammenter, Norman ^b   Farrant, Jill ^c   Kermode, Allison R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ABA; Dehydrin; Desiccation; Recalcitrant; Seed

Indexed keywords

CASTANOSPERMUM AUSTRALE; TRICHILIA; TRICHILIA DREGEANA;

EID: 0030708904     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.9.1717     Document Type: Article

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