Molecular mechanisms of seed dormancy

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1769-1786

  Graeber, Kai ^a   Nakabayashi, Kazumi ^b   Miatton, Emma ^b   Leubner Metzger, Gerhard ^a,c   Soppe, Wim J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid (ABA); Dormancy; Germination; Gibberellin (GA); Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Seed maturation

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; PHYTOHORMONE;

ABSCISIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH REGULATOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATURATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; PLANT; SEED DORMANCY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; SEED DORMANCY;

ABSCISIC ACID; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDS;

EID: 84865865524     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02542.x     Document Type: Article

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