Seed traits and genes important for translational biology-highlights from recent discoveries

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-15

  Martínez Andújar, Cristina ^a   Martin, Ruth C ^b   Nonogaki, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Dormancy; Germination; Seed; Shattering; Translational biology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY;

AGRICULTURE; GENES, PLANT; ORGAN SIZE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDS;

EID: 84863393720     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr112     Document Type: Article

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