Histological and protein changes during early stages of seed germination in the orchid, Dendrobium crumenatum

Journal of Horticultural Science

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 941-948

  Vellupillai, Maheswary ^a   Swarup, Sanjay ^a   Goh, Chong Jin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROBIUM; DENDROBIUM CRUMENATUM; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 0030773783     PISSN: 00221589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.1997.11515586     Document Type: Article

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