Embryo and endosperm development in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) kernels subjected to drought stress

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 551-563

  Fábián, Attila ^a   Jäger, Katalin ^a   Rakszegi, Mariann ^a   Barnabás, Beáta ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Embryo; Endosperm; Protein bodies; Starch granules; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHEAT;

DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79952702296     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0966-x     Document Type: Article

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