The role of amyloplasts during gravity perception in gynophores of the peanut plant (Arachis hypogaea)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 709-714

  Moctezuma, Edgar ^a   Feldman, Lewis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloplast; Arachis hypogaea; Gravity perception; Groundnut; Gynophore; Peanut; Starch sheath; Starch statolith hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 0033402055     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0963     Document Type: Article

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