Endo-b-mannanase activity during lettuce seed germination at high temperature conditions

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 517, Issue , 2000, Pages 107-112

  Nascimento, W M ^a   Cantliffe, D J ^a   Huber, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Lactuca sativa L.; Seed priming; Thermoinhibition; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347528849     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2000.517.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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