Mineral nutrition in white spruce (Picea glauca [Moench] Voss) seeds and somatic embryos; II. EDX analysis of globoids and Fe-rich particles

Plant Science

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-27

  Reid, Daryl A ^a   Lott, John N A ^a   Attree, Stephen M ^b   Fowke, Larry C ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

EDX analysis; Fe rich particles; Globoids; Seeds; Somatic embryos; White spruce

Indexed keywords

IRON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; X RAY ANALYSIS;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0033514418     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(98)00212-X     Document Type: Article

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