Pollination drops as dynamic apoplastic secretions

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 482-490

  Coulter, Andrea ^a   Poulis, Brett A D ^a   von Aderkas, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoplastic secretion; Chitinase; Gymnosperms; Plant reproduction; Pollination drop; Proteins

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROPLET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GYMNOSPERM; NECTAR; POLLINATION; PROTEIN; PROTEOMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SECRETION;

FUNGI; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84863863126     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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