Changes in germinability, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant enzyme activities in pear stock (Pyrus betulaefolia Bge.) seeds during room- and low-temperature storage

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2035-2040

  Bao, Jianping ^b   Sha, Shoufeng ^a   Zhang, Shaoling ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzyme activities; Germinability; MDA; Pear stock seed; Storage

Indexed keywords

PYRUS; PYRUS BETULAEFOLIA;

EID: 80051676871     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-011-0728-6     Document Type: Article

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