Brassinosteroids and gibberellins promote tobacco seed germination by distinct pathways

Planta

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 758-763

  Leubner Metzger, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,3 Glucanase; Brassinosteroid; Gibberellin; Nicotiana (seed germination); Photodormancy; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BRASSINOSTEROID; CULTIVAR; DARKNESS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOSPERM; GENE INDUCTION; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLIN; LIGHT; SEED DORMANCY; SEED; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

ENZYMES; SEED; TOBACCO;

SEED GERMINATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABSCISIC ACID; BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CHOLESTANOLS; DARKNESS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; GLUCAN 1,3-BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; HYPOCOTYL; LIGHT; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS, HETEROCYCLIC; TOBACCO;

EID: 0034799672     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250100542     Document Type: Article

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