Triacylglycerols determine the unusual storage physiology of Cuphea seed

Planta

Volumn 217, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 699-708

  Crane, Jennifer ^a   Miller, Annette L ^a   Van Roekel, J William ^b   Walters, Christina ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENETIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuphea; Desiccation tolerance; Freezing injury; Imbibition; Seed storage behavior; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRYING; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CUPHEA SPECIES;

SEED;

CALORIMETRY; CUPHEA; DECANOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS; GERMINATION; LAURIC ACIDS; MYRISTIC ACID; OCTANOIC ACIDS; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; TRIGLYCERIDES; WATER;

CUPHEA; LYTHRACEAE;

EID: 0141453588     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-1036-1     Document Type: Article

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