Endosperm cap weakening and endo-β-mannanase activity during priming of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Moneymaker) seeds are initiated upon crossing a threshold water potential

Seed Science Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-491

  Toorop, Peter E ^a   Van Aelst, Adriaan C ^a   Hilhorst, Henk W M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryo scanning electron microscopy; Endo mannanase; Germination; Priming; Puncture force; Tomato seeds

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0032411094     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258500004451     Document Type: Article

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