Ethylene and Cell Separation Processes

The Plant Hormone Ethylene

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 243-273

  Gonzalez Carranza, Zinnia H ^a   Roberts, Jeremy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscission; Arabidopsis; Cell wall remodelling; Dehiscence; Hydrolytic enzymes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874274808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118223086.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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