Variability of ricin content in mature seeds of castor bean

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 776-779

  Baldoni, Aisy Botega ^a   de Carvalho, Mayara Holanda ^b   Sousa, Natália Lima ^b   Nóbrega, Márcia Barreto de Medeiros ^c   Milani, Máira ^c   Aragão, Francisco José Lima ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA ALGODÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endosperm; Germplasm bank; Ricinus communis; Seed protein

Indexed keywords

BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 80055002819     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: 16783921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-204X2011000700015     Document Type: Note

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