The effect of soaking injury in seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris L. on germination, respiration and adenylate energy charge

Seed Science Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-28

  Pretorius, Johan C ^a   Small, J G Chris ^a   Fagerstedt, Kurt V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b Division of Plant Physiology   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cotyledons; Embryonic axes; Fermentation; Krebs cycle activity; Mitochondrial integrity; Phaseolus vulgaris; Total respiration (V(T))

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CELL RESPIRATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GERMINATION; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEED; SEED DEVELOPMENT;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0031896190     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258500003871     Document Type: Article

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