Proanthocyanidins Inhibit Seed Germination by Maintaining a High Level of Abscisic Acid in Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 663-673

  Jia, Liguo ^a   Wu, Qiuyu ^a   Ye, Nenghui ^a   Liu, Rui ^a   Shi, Lu ^a   Xu, Weifeng ^a   Zhi, Hui ^a   Rahman, A N M Rubaiyath Bin ^a   Xia, Yiji ^a   Zhang, Jianhua ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Arabidopsis; Brassica napus; Proanthocyanidins; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ANGIOSPERM; BOTANY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; GERMINATION; INHIBITOR; SEED;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 84866321219     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2012.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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