Changes in ultrastructure and abscisic acid level, and response to applied gibberellins in Taxus mairei seeds treated with warm and cold stratification

Annals of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-47

  Chien, Ching Te ^a   Kuo Huang, Ling Long ^b   Lin, Tsan Piao ^a  

^a TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Germination; Gibberellin; Seed dormancy; Stratification; Taxus mairei; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

TAXUS; TAXUS CHINENSIS VAR. MAIREI; TAXUS MAIREI;

EID: 0031909691     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0542     Document Type: Article

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