Alleviation of dormancy by reactive oxygen species in Bidens pilosa L. seeds

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 601-605

  Whitaker, C ^a   Beckett, R P ^a   Minibayeva, F V ^b   Kranner, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b KAZAN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bidens; Dormancy; Fenton reagent; Methyl viologen; Reactive oxygen species; Seeds

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; DORMANCY; FRUIT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RIPENING;

ASTERACEAE; BIDENS; BIDENS PILOSA; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 77957203868     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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