Effect of high temperature during grain-filling on the structure of developing and malted barley grains

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 587-599

  Wallwork, M A B ^a   Jenner, C F ^a   Logue, S J ^a   Sedgley, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barley; Confocal microscopy; Crushed cell layer; Embryo; Fluorescence microscopy; Hordeum vulgare L.; Malting quality; Scanning electron microscopy; Scutellum; Starch granules

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0031742687     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0721     Document Type: Article

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