Sucrose requirements and lipid utilization during germination of interior spruce (Picea glauca engelmannii complex) somatic embryos

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 550-554

  Carrier, D J ^a,b   Cunningham, J E ^a   Taylor, D C ^a   Dunstan, D I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Fatty acid; Germination; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0030916295     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01142322     Document Type: Article

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