Pericarp, leachate, and carbohydrate involvement in thermoinhibition of germinating spinach seeds

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-306

  Leskovar, Daniel I ^a   Esensee, Virgil ^a   Belefant Miller, Helen ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABA; Abscisic acid; Alternating temperatures; Dormancy; Embryo; Oligosaccharide; Seedcoat; Spinacia oleracea

Indexed keywords

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0032921445     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.124.3.301     Document Type: Article

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