Response of Chinese wampee axes and maize embryos to dehydration at different rates

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-74

  Huang, Hui ^a,d   Song, Song Quan ^b   Wu, Xian Jin ^c  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c HUAIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Clausena lansium axis; Desiccation sensitivity; Desiccation tolerance; Malondialdehyde; Orthodox seed; Reactive oxygen species scavenging enzyme; Recalcitrant seed; Zea mays embryo

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; CATALASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WATER;

DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVERGREEN TREE; MAIZE; SEED; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLAUSENA; DESICCATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEEDLING;

BIOMASS; CATALASE; CLAUSENA; DESICCATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PEROXIDASES; PLANT SHOOTS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

CLAUSENA; CLAUSENA LANSIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58149340055     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2008.00772.x     Document Type: Article

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