Endosperm and starch granule morphology in wild cereal relatives

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-97

  Shapter, F M ^a   Henry, R J ^a   Lee, L S ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cereal; Endosperm; Grain; Protein bodies; Scanning electron microscopy; Sorghum; Starch granule; Wild crop relatives

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 57149110101     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262108986512     Document Type: Article

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