One-step analysis of seed storage data and the longevity of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 384, 2003, Pages 993-1011

  Hay, Fiona R ^a   Mead, Andrew ^b   Manger, Kirstine ^a   Wilson, Fiona J ^c  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Seed longevity; Viability equations

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

VARIABILITY EQUATIONS;

SEED;

ALGORITHM; APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMIDITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0242501002     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg103     Document Type: Article

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