Ultrastructural and biophysical changes in developing embryos of Aesculus hippocastanum in relation to the acquisition of tolerance to drying

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 513-524

  Farrant, Jill M ^a   Walters, Christina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRIN; DESICCATION; DRYING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLOWERING; MONOSACCHARIDE; WATER POTENTIAL;

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTUM; HIPPOCASTANUM;

EID: 0032460292     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1998.1040401.x     Document Type: Article

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