Amounts of nuclear DNA and internal morphology of gibberellin- and abscisic acid-deficient tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) seeds during maturation, imbibition and germination

Annals of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-168

  Liu, Yongqing ^a   Hilhorst, Henk W M ^b   Groot, Steven P C ^b   Bino, Raoul J ^b  

^a HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dormancy; flow cytometry; free space; Lycopersicon esculentum; maturation; priming; seed; tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031003986     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0322     Document Type: Article

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