Triacylglycerol phase and 'intermediate' seed storage physiology: A study of Cuphea carthagenensis

Planta

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1081-1089

  Crane, Jennifer ^a   Kovach, David ^b   Gardner, Candice ^b   Walters, Christina ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENETIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Imbibitional damage; Lipid; Seed; Storage; Triacylglycerol; Water content

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CUPHEA; GERMINATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; TEMPERATURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CUPHEA; GERMINATION; PHASE TRANSITION; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; TRIGLYCERIDES; WATER;

CUPHEA; CUPHEA CARTHAGENENSIS;

EID: 33645212496     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0157-0     Document Type: Article

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