Oleosins prevent oil-body coalescence during seed imbibition as suggested by a low-temperature scanning electron microscope study of desiccation-tolerant and -sensitive oilseeds

Planta

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-119

  Leprince, O ^a,b   Van Aelst, A C ^b   Pritchard, H W ^c   Murphy, D J ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desiccation sensitivity; Imbibition; Oil body; Oleosin; Recalcitrant seed; Seed storage

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; CACAO; COFFEE; DESICCATION; DRYING; GERMINATION; OLEOSIN; QUERCUS RUBRA; REHYDRATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SEED IMBIBITION; STERCULIA SETIGERA;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; AZADIRACHTA JUSS; BRASSICA NAPUS; COFFEA ARABICA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; STERCULIA; STERCULIA SETIGERA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0031908516     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050236     Document Type: Article

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