Dehydration kinetics of embryonic axes from desiccation-sensitive seeds: An assessment of descriptive models

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1002-1007

  Ntuli, Tobias M ^a   Pammenter, Norman W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Drying rate; Recalcitrant seeds

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; EMBRYO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT; REACTION KINETICS; SEED;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; KINETICS; MELIACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

BIOMASS; DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; KINETICS; MELIACEAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

MIMOSA;

EID: 70449560602     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2009.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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