Ontogenic variations in n-alkanes during somatic embryogenesis of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.)

Plant Science

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1137-1143

  Cunha, Ana C ^a   Fernandes Ferreira, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flax; Linum usitatissimum L.; Lipids; N Alkanes; Somatic embryogenesis; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARAFFINS; SEED; TISSUE;

CELLULAR GROWTH;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ALKANE;

ARTICLE; CALLUS; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERMINATION; LINSEED; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PLANT; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE CULTURE;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 0035041515     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(01)00358-2     Document Type: Article

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