Cell division and cell enlargement in isolated Cucurbita cotyledons grown in darkness and in light

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 375-380

  Stoynova Bakalova, Ekaterina ^a   Petrov, Peter ^a   Tsukaya, Hirokazu ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell division; Cell enlargement; Cucurbita cotyledon; Light; Palisade layer; Post germinative development

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITA PEPO SUBSP. PEPO;

EID: 23044533521     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-002-0048-4     Document Type: Article

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