Ultrastructure of Macadamia (Proteaceae) embryos: Implications for their breakage properties

Annals of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 981-988

  Walton, David A ^a   Wallace, Helen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Embryo; Macadamia integrifolia; Macadamia tetraphylla; Whole kernel

Indexed keywords

ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MACADAMIA; NUT; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MACADAMIA; NUTS; SEEDS;

MACADAMIA; MACADAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA; MACADAMIA TETRAPHYLLA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 27644491968     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci265     Document Type: Article

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