Structural Dynamics and Desiccation Damage in Plant Reproductive Organs

Plant Desiccation Tolerance

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 251-280

  Walters, Christina ^a   Koster, Karen L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GENETIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton structure; Desiccation tolerance; Fatty acid; Plant reproductive organs; Recalcitrance

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049119876     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376881.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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