Membranes and seed dormancy: Beyond the anaesthetic hypothesis

Seed Science Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 69-82

  Hallett, Barbara P ^a   Bewley, J Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

After ripening; Amphipathic molecules; Anaesthetic hypothesis; Germination; Phospholipid headgroup spacing; Seed dormancy; Signal transduction; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036080754     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/ssr200299     Document Type: Article

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