Viability loss and free radical processes during desiccation of recalcitrant Avicennia marina seeds

Seed Science Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-242

  Greggains, Valerie ^a   Finch Savage, William E ^b   Atherton, Neil M ^c   Berjak, Patricia ^d  

^a Department of Animal and Plant Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Avicennia marina; Free radicals; Peroxidase; Recalcitrant seeds; Superoxide dismutase; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA MARINA;

EID: 0034809162     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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