Desiccation sensitivity of excised embryonic axes of selected amaryllid species

Seed Science Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Sershen, ^a   Berjak, Patricia ^a   Pammenter, Norman W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amaryllidaceae; Desiccation sensitivity; Drying time; Embryonic axes; Recalcitrant seeds

Indexed keywords

AMARYLLIDACEAE; AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA; ATROPA BELLADONNA; BOOPHANE DISTICHA; BRUNSVIGIA; BRUNSVIGIA ORIENTALIS; COTYLEDON (GENUS); CRINUM; CRINUM BULBISPERMUM; CRINUM MACOWANII; HAEMANTHUS; HAEMANTHUS COCCINEUS; HAEMANTHUS DEFORMIS; HUMULUS; NERINE; NERINE BOWDENII; NERINE FILIFOLIA; SCADOXUS PUNICEUS; STRUMARIA DISCIFERA;

EID: 38949174633     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258508889775     Document Type: Article

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