Early Morphological and Physiological Events Occurring During Germination of Maize Seeds

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 950-957

  MEI, Yu qin ^a,b   SONG, Song quan ^b  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

and amylase; aminopeptidase; cellular morphology; endopeptidase; germination; maize seed

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 49849101856     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(08)60134-0     Document Type: Article

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