Endo-β-mannanase activity from individual tomato endosperm caps and radicle tips in relation to germination rates

Plant Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-29

  Still, David W ^a,b   Bradford, Kent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031046724     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.1.21     Document Type: Article

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