Seed structure and histochemistry in the palm Euterpe edulis

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 445-453

  Panza, Víctor ^a,b   Láinez, Verónica ^b   Maldonado, Sara ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Embryo; Minerals; Mitochondria; Palmito; Phytoferritin; Proteinbodies; Recalcitrance; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; EMBRYO; HISTOLOGY; SEED;

EUTERPE; EUTERPE EDULIS;

EID: 4344570232     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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