Studies on membrane function and sugar components of ultradried seeds

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-31

  Wang, Xiao Feng ^a,b   Jing, Xin Ming ^a   Lin, Jian ^a   Zheng, Guang Hua ^a   Cai, Zao ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ATPase; Micro viscosity; Soluble sugar; Ultradry seed storage

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; SEED;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; ULMUS; ULMUS PUMILA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0041328202     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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