Changes in membrane fluidity and protein composition during release of cucumber seeds from dormancy by a higher temperature shift

Annals of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-18

  Amritphale, Dilip ^a   Sreenivasulu, Y ^a   Singh, Bharat ^a  

^a VIKRAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0033974027     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1999.0992     Document Type: Article

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