The formation of rubber-producing cortical parenchyma cells in guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) by low temperature

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 516-520

  Benedict, C R ^a   Goss, Rachel ^a   Greer, Paul J ^a   Foster, M A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guayule; Low temperature; Parthenium argentatum Gray; Rubber producing cortical parenchyma

Indexed keywords

CELL WALLS; CORTICAL PARENCHYMA; CYTOSOLS; GUAYULE PLANTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMMATURE CELLS; IN-PLANTS; LOW TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM; PLANTS GROWING; RUBBER PARTICLES; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; THIN LAYERS; TONOPLASTS; WIDE-BAND;

LANDFORMS; RUBBER; THIN FILMS;

STEM CELLS;

CROSS SECTION; DESERT; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHOTOPERIOD; RUBBER;

PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM;

CROSS SECTION; CULTIVATION; FILLING MATERIAL; MATURITY; PLANT MATERIAL; SYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC RUBBER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 77949652813     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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