Influence of the testa on seed dormancy, germination, and longevity in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 403-413

  Debeaujon, Isabelle ^a,b   Léon Kloosterziel, Karen M ^a,c   Koornneef, Maarten ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; DORMANCY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GERMINATION; HIGHER PLANT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MUTANT; PIGMENTATION; PLANT EMBRYOGENESIS; PLANT SEED; SEED AGING; SEED COAT; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SEED STORAGE; TESTA; TETRAZOLIUM; WILD RELATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 17544394802     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.2.403     Document Type: Article

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