Endo-β-mannanase activity during dormancy alleviation and germination of white spruce (Picea glauca) seeds

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 405-415

  Downie, Bruce ^a   Hilhorst, Henk W M ^b   Bewley, J Derek ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Germination; Mannanase; Picea; Seed; Spruce

Indexed keywords

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0030767368     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010222.x     Document Type: Article

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