Relationship of endo-β-D-mannanase activity and cell wall hydrolysis in tomato endosperm to germination rates

Plant Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1243-1252

  Dahal, Peetambar ^a   Nevins, Donald J ^a   Bradford, Kent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0030948642     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.4.1243     Document Type: Article

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