Temporal and spatial pattern of the biochemical activation of the endosperm during and following imbibition of tomato seeds

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 236-242

  Nonogaki, Hiroyuki ^a   Nomaguchi, Masako ^b   Okumoto, Nami ^b   Kaneko, Yasuko ^a   Matsushima, Hisashi ^a   Morohashi, Yukio ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endo mannanase; Endosperm; Germination; Lycopersicon esculentum; Proteolytic activity; Tomato

Indexed keywords

CELL WALL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOSPERM; GERMINATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; TOMATO;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031950150     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1998.1020211.x     Document Type: Article

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