Imbibition of Swietenia macrophylla (Meliaceae) seeds: The role of stomata

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 213-217

  Paiva, Élder Antônio Sousa ^a   Lemos Filho, José Pires ^a   Oliveira, Denise Maria Trombert ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embryo; Germination; Integument; Mahogany; Meliaceae; Seed; Seed anatomy; Seed coat; Seed imbibition; Stomata; Swietenia macrophylla

Indexed keywords

WATER;

GAS EXCHANGE; IMBIBITION; MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEED; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; HISTOLOGY; MELIACEAE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL WALL; MELIACEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEEDS; WATER;

MELIACEAE; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 33745698905     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl090     Document Type: Article

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