Antioxidant role of glutathione associated with accelerated aging and hydration of triploid watermelon seeds

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 967-974

  Hsu, J L ^a   Sung, J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accelerated aging; Citrullus vulgaris; Germination; Glutathione; Glutathione reductase; Hydration; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030826909     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000424.x     Document Type: Article

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