Oxidative signaling in seed germination and dormancy

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-182

  El Maarouf Bouteau, Hayat ^a   Bailly, Christophe ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Dormancy; Germination; Hormones; Reactive oxygen species; Seed

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449133440     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.3.5539     Document Type: Review

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