Decline in a seed-specific abscisic acid-responsive glycine-rich protein (GRPF1) mRNA may reflect the release of seed dormancy in Fagus sylvatica during moist prechilling

Seed Science Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-34

  Mortensen, Lars Christian ^a   Rodríguez, Dolores ^b   Nicolás, Gregorio ^b   Eriksen, Erik Nymann ^a   Nicolás, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Dormancy; Fagus sylvatica; GRPF1 expression; Moist prechilling

Indexed keywords

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 2142669427     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/ssr2003152     Document Type: Article

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