Soybean seeds surface-coated with depolymerised chitins: Chitinase activity as a predictive index for the harvest of beans in field culture

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 205-209

  Hirano, Shigehiro ^a   Hayashi, Masahiko ^a   Okuno, Seiji ^a  

^a Chitin/Chitosan R and D Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bean harvest; Callus culture; Chitinase; Chitosan; Depolymerised chitins; Field culture; Seed coating; Seed germination; Soybeans

Indexed keywords

CALLUS CULTURE; CHITINASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; HARVEST PERIOD; SEED COAT; SEED; SOYBEAN;

EID: 0035145882     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0010(20010115)81:2<205::AID-JSFA798>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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